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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12611000086965
ACTRN12611000086965
Completed
Not Applicable

Cardiac patients with diabetes who received a peer-support cardiac-self-management program have higher levels of knowledge, self-efficacy, self-behaviour compared to those patients received usual care.

Office of Commercial Services, Queensland University of Technology0 sites28 target enrollmentJanuary 24, 2011

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Health behaviour
Sponsor
Office of Commercial Services, Queensland University of Technology
Enrollment
28
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 24, 2011
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Office of Commercial Services, Queensland University of Technology

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Participants who will be included: males and females aged over 18 years who have given their consent to participate in the study; have had type 2 diabetes for at least one year and have been admitted to the coronary care unit with cardiac event in the study hospitals; can read and converse in English; are physically stabilised; have a mobile phone.
  • The selected peers (A peer support person is someone who has similar conditions) will be those deemed by a Cardiologist to be competent in the management of their conditions and trained by the researchers.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Potential participants will be excluded if they: are unable to read and speak English; are transferred to another hospital; are on reparatory ventilation; are unconscious.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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