Status:

COMPLETED

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Trust/Mistrust and Its Effect on Diabetes Outcomes

Lead Sponsor:

US Department of Veterans Affairs

Conditions:

Diabetes

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

1. Determine racial/ethnic differences in trust in physicians and mistrust of the health care system among veterans with Type 2 Diabetes. 2. Determine the predictive power of trust in physicians and m...

Detailed Description

Background/Significance: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic and progressive disease that causes significant morbidity and mortality and increases health care utilization and costs in both Veteran Administ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients for this study will be recruited from the Ralph H. Johnson VAMC in Charleston, South Carolina.
  • American veterans aged 18 years and older with Type 2 Diabetes will be recruited.

Exclusion

  • Children will not be included as this study pertains to type 2 diabetes, which is not a disease of children.
  • Non-English speaking patients are excluded to eliminate bias in the response to questionnaires because these questionnaires have only been validated in English speaking patients.
  • We decided to exclude cognitively impaired individuals because of the complexity of the survey instruments.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2004

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00383110

Start Date

November 1 2004

End Date

January 1 2009

Last Update

April 28 2015

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Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC

Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29401-5799