Improving Diabetes Care Collaboratively in the Community

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Diabetes
• Interventions: Behavioral: health disparities collaborative; Other: No additional educational sessions

• Registration Number: NCT00359996
• Lead Sponsor: University of Chicago

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a quality improvement intervention including rapid quality improvement, a chronic care model, and best practices improves diabetes care in community health centers and whether more intensive interventions enhance care further.

Detailed Description

In 1998 the Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of Primary Health Care began the Health Disparities Collaborative (HDC) to improve chronic disease management in community health centers (HC) nationwide. The HDC incorporates rapid quality improvement (QI), a chronic care model, and best practices. This study determines if the HDC improves diabetes care and whether more intensive interventions with additional learning sessions for health centers, provider training in behavioral change, and patient empowerment materials enhance care further.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2000-06
• Primary Completion: 2006-08
• Study Completion: 2006-08
• Study First Submitted: 2006-08-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-08-02
• Study First Posted: 2006-08-03
• Status Verified: 2016-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 2016-04-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6993

Inclusion Criteria

• patients with diabetes age 18-75 years

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnant women

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Health disparities collaborative	health disparities collaborative	The HDC incorporates rapid quality improvement (QI), a chronic care model, and best practices. This study determines if the HDC improves diabetes care and whether more intensive interventions with additional learning sessions for health centers, provider training in behavioral change, and patient empowerment materials enhance care further.
Control	No additional educational sessions	No additional educational sessions added to usual care of patients.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
hemoglobin A1c	4 years	Change in hemoglobin A1c from baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Lipid levels	4 years	Change in Lipid blood levels from baseline
Blood pressure	4 years	Change in BP from baseline
Urine microalbumin levels	4 years	Change in urine micralbumin levels from baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Chicago; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States