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Improving diabetes care through professional behaviour change

The Improving Diabetes care through Examining, Advising, and prescribing (IDEA) trial: A theory-based cluster randomised controlled trial of a multiple health professional behaviour change intervention in primary care

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN66498413
Enrollment
2002
Registered
2013-04-04
Start date
2013-03-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-06-05

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Topic: Diabetes Research Network

Interventions

IDEA training session: The intervention will consist of a single training session for GPs and primary care nurses involved in providing care for patients with type 2 diabetes. The training sessions wi

Sponsors

NHS North of Tyne (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Male & Female ; Lower Age Limit 18 years 2. Primary health care professionals delivering care to people with type 2 diabetes within their practice. 3. People with type 2 diabetes registered with participating practices.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Health care professionals providing care to patients with type 2 diabetes from more than one GP practice, e.g. district nurses and podiatrists 2. GP registrars 3. Patients for whom the questionnaire would not be appropriate (decided by practice staff) 4. Patients aged under 18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Clinician advising, prescribing and examining behaviours collected via patient questionnaires and electronic queries; Timepoint(s): 12 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
We will collect QOF data for diabetes mellitus and practice organisation for each participating practice; we will also conduct a process evaluation (using quantitative and qualitative methods), a cost analysis and fidelity of delivery assessment.

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 8, 2026