Diabetes nurse self-management phone call trial in Ghana
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- PACTR201907488398987
- Lead Sponsor
- School of Nursing and Midwifery Queens University Belfast
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 98
Inclusion Criteria
Participants should:
1.be at least 18 years old
2.be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus
3.have an HbA1C level of >7.0%
4.be taking only oral hypoglycaemic drugs without insulin
5.can communicate in English, and/or Twi languages
6.have access to a personal mobile phone and can answer calls
7.be mentally stable, with no visual, verbal or hearing impairments
Exclusion Criteria
Participants will be excluded if they are:
1.diagnosed with other comorbidities requiring long hospital stays such as severe cardiovascular diseases, renal failure
2.switched to insulin therapy
3.receiving palliative care
4.diabetes gangrene
5.diabetic ketoacidosis or hyperosmolar non-ketotic coma
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Glycosylated haemoglobin [HbA1c] levels
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-reported regimen adherence to diet, exercise, medication taking, self-monitoring of blood glucose, and foot care;Other clinical characteristics such as body mass index, anthropometric data, blood pressure and lipid profile