The impact of patient education on controlling Type 2 diabetes
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Registration Number
- SLCTR/2015/014
- Lead Sponsor
- Prof. P. A Ball
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
1. Adult males and females (aged>18 years at the time of recruitment)
2. Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (As diagnosed by doctors at the diabetes clinic and meeting the criteria specified by the WHO (Definition and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and intermediate hyperglycaemia, WHO, 2006, ISBN 978 92 4 159493 6)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Pregnancy
2. Type 1 diabetes
3. Gestational diabetes
4. Patients on haemodyalysis
5. Inability to speak or understand Sinhala
6. Cognitive, hearing or vision impairment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. HbA1c<br>2. Lipid profile<br>3. Health Literacy [using health education impact Questionnaire (heiQ), (Deakin University) forward and reverse translated into Sinhala]. [At baseline, six months and 12 months<br>]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one [None]<br>