Changing illness perceptions: a randomised controlled trial of a psychological, family-based intervention to improve outcomes in type 2 diabetes

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Type 2 diabetes; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

• Registration Number: ISRCTN62219234
• Lead Sponsor: Health Research Board (Ireland)

Brief Summary

1. 2007 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17597523 2. 2011 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21473660 (added 16/05/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-04-27
• Study Completion: 2009-03-30
• Last Update Posted: 27 May 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 121

Inclusion Criteria

1. Have type 2 diabetes for more than one year, and at least two out of their last three HbA1c readings have been 8.0% or over, in order to identify patients with persistent poor control
2. Over 18 years of age
3. Have fluency in English

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with a significant mental or physical illness, as determined by the patients? clinician, will be excluded. ?Significant mental or physical illness ?is defined as any illness that is thought likely to impair the patient?s capacity to change their lifestyle behaviour or assimilate new information.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified