A randomised controlled trial of a patient based Diabetes REcall And Management system: the DREAM Trial
Completed
- Conditions
- DiabetesNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN32042030
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 7500
Inclusion Criteria
People with diabetes aged 18 and over (N.B.: A cluster randomised trial therefore unit of randomisation and analysis is the GP practice not the patient)
Exclusion Criteria
Does not comply with the above inclusion criteria.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The main study outcome measures will be rates of performance of process of care and the patient based measures of functional and psychosocial wellbeing. Process of care variables will be collected via the computerised database. The exact data to be collected will be determined by both the current content of the database and the guidelines but will include such data items as rates of attendance at clinics and annual reviews, conduct of eye and feet examinations, performance of investigations and prescribing. We will also collect data on clinical measures (e.g. HbA1c, and blood pressure levels).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o secondary outcome measures