Status:

COMPLETED

A Practice-nurse Addressed Intervention to Improve Type 2 Diabetes Care

Lead Sponsor:

University of Aarhus

Collaborating Sponsors:

TrygFonden, Denmark

Sygekassernes Helsefond

Conditions:

Type 2 Diabetes

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-74 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

A huge challenge in type 2-diabetes care is how to motivate patients towards health behaviour changes. In Denmark, the tendency is that nurses in general practice provide a large part of type 2 diabet...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • The intervention-study comprises 40 general practices were:
  • more than 50% of the patients with type 2 diabetes, who had participated in diabetes-consultations during the last year from the invitation-date to the project, were seen by a nurse at least once, stated by the practice. The diabetes-consultation should not only include examinations (blood tests and blood pressure measurement), but should also include communication about living with type 2 diabetes ;
  • enrollment in the project before registration deadline (three weeks after invitation).
  • Patients with diabetes, alive and affiliated the practices by May 2011, were identified in a a validated diabetes database based on health registers; The national Patient Registry, The national Health Insurance Service registry, the prescription database and the laboratory database in the county.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    August 1 2009

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 1 2011

    Estimated Enrollment :

    40 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT01187069

    Start Date

    August 1 2009

    End Date

    September 1 2011

    Last Update

    August 20 2012

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    Department of General Practice, School of Public Health, Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark, 8000