[The levels of knowledge about nonclinical areas which are characteristic of the new model of primary care].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the level of knowledge about the non-clinical areas which characterise the new model of primary care among doctors and nurses who work in primary care teams (PCT); and to identify the most deficient areas of knowledge and the variables associated with these lower levels of knowledge.


METHODS
An observation study of a crossover kind.


METHODS
PCTs of Health Area 1 in Madrid.


METHODS
Doctors and nurses who were working in the 23 PCTs functioning when the study was carried out (321 people).


RESULTS
Knowledge was measured by a self-filled, anonymous questionnaire elaborated by a panel of experts. It contained 72 items with correct (C) or false (F) double reply, grouped in 12 basic areas of knowledge relating to the non-clinical aspects which characterise the new model of primary care (PC). A pilot test was done in a PCT in another Area. The data bases were performed on DBASEIII+ and the statistical analysis on SPSS v. 4.0. The required level of knowledge through the questionnaire as a whole was attained by 41.6% of the professionals. An association with the following was noted: Age (p < 0.0001), Profession (p < 0.005), Year that training ended (p < 0.01), Type of contract (p < 0.005), Nature of access to a permanent post (p < 0.0005), postgraduate academic training for doctors (p < 0.001) and Residency in Family and Community Medicine (p < 0.009). The most deficient areas of knowledge were: Evaluation of procedures and programmes (46%), Community Participation (51.6%), the filling-out and standardisation of records (55.2%), and the Evaluation of objectives and quality control mechanisms.


CONCLUSIONS
Knowledge of non-clinical areas is low.
Granados Menéndez
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EAP Rafael Alberti, Madrid.
Otero Puime
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Fernández Martínez
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D000328:Adult; D003154:Community Medicine; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010820:Physicians; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Grado de conocimiento en áreas no clínicas propias del nuevo modelo de atención primaria.