Evaluation of an educational program on the prevention of complicated infections in patients with diabetes.
Completed
- Conditions
- Type 2 diabetes and urinary and lower respiratory tract infections.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON21484
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center Utrecht.
- Brief Summary
Diabetes Care. 2008 Mar;31(3):402-7. Epub 2007 Dec 4.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 2400
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with type 2 diabetes, aged 45 years or older who are able to attend a meeting and without a Dutch language barrier.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients >= 85 years.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-reported behaviour with regard to the uptake of measures relevant to patients and healthcare providers on the basis of the developed educational program.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The following outcomes are assessed both in persons with diabetes and in primary health care providers: <br /><br>1. Awareness of the possibility of an abnormal course and a specific treatment of common infections in persons with diabetes;<br /><br>2. Knowledge about infections and prevention of an abnormal course in persons with diabetes;<br /><br>3. Attitude towards infections in persons with diabetes.