The Diabetes guidelines Implementation in Hospitals Study

Completed

• Conditions: Diabetes, empowerment, guideline adherence, guidelines, physician-patient interaction; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Diabetes

• Registration Number: ISRCTN35851744
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Medical Centre St. Radboud (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 1950

Inclusion Criteria

In 13 hospitals, the first 150 patients with diabetes that came for a check-up at their internists were included.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with a short (less than one year) life expectancy
2. Pregnant patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The mean HbA1c level (mmol/l) of the patients in the different intervention groups.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Clinical outcomes at the patient level: <br>1. Quality of Life (Short Form Health Survey [SF-20]) locus of control<br>2. Patient satisfaction