E10 E11
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Implementation of a standardised bilateral information system between family practices and care attendants (and vice versa) as an one-sided facsimile template (obligation of nonproliferation
Sponsors
Dekan der Medizinischen Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age > 65 years insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 (every kind of insulin regime blood sugar controls at least once a week) being under general practitioner's care and care attandants' care (ambulant/stationary)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Age = 65 years diabetes mellitus without insulin therapy or with blood sugar controls less than once a week being under non-professionals' care (e.g. relatives) unfavourable primary deseases with a life expectancy less than 6 months risk of contamination by congruent identities of professional care attandents (nursering services, nursering homes) in intervention and control group denial of disclosure of secundary data by the principal investigator
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Amount of reported blood sugar lapses ( 20 mmol/l [ 360 mg/dl]] from care attandants to general practitioner at the time of 3 and 6 month after intervention (t1 + t2). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Amount of planned/unplanned home vistits by genaral practitioners and/or medical assistants Amonut of diabetes caused hospital and/or specialist treatment (t0 + t1 + t2) HbA1c values (t0 + t1 + t2) Patients-/(relatives-) satisfaction (EUROPEP questionnaire) ( only t2) Evaluation of quality of communication, patients safty and work simplification of the information system by general practitioners, medical assistants and care workers (only t2) | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactAndreas Klement
Sektion AllgemeinmedizinMedizinische FakultätMartin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Outcome results
None listed