Problems of care of elderly insulin-dependent diabetics in general practice - testing a standardised information system between general practices and care workers (BAIDIA II)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: E10
E11
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Registration Number: DRKS00006081

Lead Sponsor: Dekan der Medizinischen Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

Age > 65 years
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 (every kind of insulin regime blood sugar controls at least once a week)
being under general practitioner's care and care attandants' care (ambulant/stationary)

Exclusion Criteria

Age = 65 years
diabetes mellitus without insulin therapy or with blood sugar controls less than once a week
being under non-professionals' care (e.g. relatives)
unfavourable primary deseases with a life expectancy less than 6 months
risk of contamination by congruent identities of professional care attandents (nursering services, nursering homes) in intervention and control group
denial of disclosure of secundary data by the principal investigator

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Amount of reported blood sugar lapses (< 4 or > 20 mmol/l [< 72 or > 360 mg/dl]] from care attandants to general practitioner at the time of 3 and 6 month after intervention (t1 + t2).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Amount of planned/unplanned home vistits by genaral practitioners and/or medical assistants<br><br>Amonut of diabetes caused hospital and/or specialist treatment (t0 + t1 + t2)<br><br>HbA1c values (t0 + t1 + t2)<br><br>Patients-/(relatives-) satisfaction (EUROPEP questionnaire) ( only t2)<br><br>Evaluation of quality of communication, patients safty and work simplification of the information system by general practitioners, medical assistants and care workers (only t2)