Randomized controlled clinical pilot study for the implementation of medical group visits in Germany following the CHCC-Model (Cooperative Health Care Clinics) for the treatment of patients with diabetes type II or hyper tonus in family practice

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: I10
E11
Essential (primary) hypertension
Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Registration Number: DRKS00004346

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 384

Inclusion Criteria

I.patients chronically suffering from
a.diabetes, defined as an HbA1C level larger than 8,5 % or
b.hyper tonus, defined as a level of mmHg larger than 140/90; it is sufficient if either the systolic or diastolic blood pressure value is exceeded,
II.patients older than 55 years (born in or before 1957),
III.patients who visit their family physician most frequently, defined as 10 or more visits in connection with their chronic disease within the last 12 month,
IV.willingness to participate in medical group visits.

Exclusion Criteria

I.patients are terminally ill,
II.patients, who are unable to follow a discussion respectively who are unable to actively participate in medical group visits – be it out of cognitive impairment, dementia, deafness insufficient language skills or other reasons,
III.patients, who’s discretion in regards to the medical information’s of other patients are in question,
IV.patients, who are not interested in sharing their medical histories or issues in a group with other patients,
V.patients, who do not have transportation means to attend group visits on a regular basis,
VI.patients, who for other reasons are unable to attend group visits on a regular basis,
VII.patients, who are unable to participate in the study over the entire course of the study,
VIII.patients, who at the same time participate in a second clinical trial or who just completed a different clinical trial,
IX.patients, who did not consented to the participate by signing the consent form

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptance for Group-Visits on the patients' and physicians' side: <br>Patient satisfaction (questionnaire)<br>Physician satisfaction (interview)<br><br>at the end of study<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures