Strategies for the introduction and implementation of a guideline for the treatment by family physicians of diabetics in the Lazio region of Italy

Completed

• Conditions: Type 2 non-complicated diabetes; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Diabetes

• Registration Number: ISRCTN80116232
• Lead Sponsor: Agency for Public Health, Lazio Region, Italy (Agenzia di Sanità Pubblica della Regione Lazio)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-04-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 252

Inclusion Criteria

252 General Practitioners (GPs) taking part in an electronically-linked diseases surveillance network.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients aged less than 40
2. Patients with complications
3. Diabetic pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The proportion of patients who were prescribed three measurements of glycosylated haemoglobin with at least two months? interval per year.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Process of care variables on metabolic control and prevention of micro-macrovascular complications (ie proportion of overweight/obese diabetics who were prescribed methformin in monotherapy as first-choice therapy)<br>2. Proportion of diabetics with a complete lipid assessment per year<br>3. Proportion of diabetics with an eye examination or a fundus per year)