Improving the management of diabetes and its eye problems in Nepal

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Type 2 diabetes and diabetic retinopathy; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Type 2 diabetes mellitus with ophthalmic complications

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10990062
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Medicine, Gandaki Medical College and Teaching Hospital

Brief Summary

2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36742401/ (added 14/06/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-05-07
• Study Completion: 2021-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 26 June 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

1. HbA1c levels of =7.5
2. Newly diagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of having attended diabetic education workshops/seminars.
2. Unable to provide informed written consent.
3. Self-reporting to have significantly impaired memory functions and other conditions that affect the capacity to give consent such as dementia, stroke, Huntingdon’s disease, etc.
4. Sudden, painful loss of vision.
5. From the same family as another patient.
6. Type 1, gestational diabetes.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified