Nurse-led Reminder Program for Therapy Adherence, Clinical Outcomes and Trust in Nurses in Diabetic Patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent
• Interventions: Behavioral: Nurse-led reminder program through email

• Registration Number: NCT02196272
• Lead Sponsor: Azienda Sanitaria Locale n. 2 - Lanciano Vasto Chieti

Brief Summary

A number of strategies have been evaluated to improve clinical outcomes in diabetics patients, however no studies explored the efficacy of a nurse-led reminder program through email (NRP-e) to improve medication adherence, even if it is fundamental in the management of diabetics. The study aims at evaluating for the first time the efficacy of a nurse-led reminder program through email (NRP-e) to improve medication adherence in diabetic patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2014-07
• Study Start: 2014-07
• Primary Completion: 2014-07
• Study First Submitted: 2014-07-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-07-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-07-18
• Study First Posted: 2014-07-22
• Last Update Posted: 2014-07-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

To be elegible, all subjects had to be diabetics (Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent)

• Speaking and reading italian
• Having an active phone number and an email address
• Providing a signed a informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Mental illness
• Hospitalized patients and who refused to partecipate

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nurse-led email program through email	Nurse-led reminder program through email	In addition to usual care and educational program, the intervention group will also receive email alerts and phone calls from the nurse care manager (NCM).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Medication adherence	6 months	The main outcome of the study was the improvement of medication adherence in diabetic patients between baseline and the end of follow-up.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Contacts with health services	6 months	Mean differences between groups in the reduction of the number of contact sand admissions of diabetic patients at health care services, between baseline and the end of follow-up.
Trust in nurses	6 months	Mean differences between groups in the average scores of trust in nurses perceived by patients between baseline and the end of follow-up.
Lifestyle	6 months	Mean differences between groups in the average reduction in smoking and alcohol consumption, BMI and in the average increase of consumption of a healthy diet in diabetic patients between baseline and the end of follow-up.