Nutritional, metabolic and endocrine diseases: Diabetes Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Diabetes
Conditions
Interventions
Care package vs standard treatment
Sponsors
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Type II diabetic patients
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Not provided at time of registration
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.1 Characteristics of patients (age, sex, BMI, duration of diabetes, co-morbidity and other clinical features). 1.2 Description of therapy, type and duration. 1.3 Level of diabetic control (HbA1c), duration of oral treatment failure and time to initiation of insulin treatment. 2.1 Ascertainment of factors influencing general practice management and/or hospital referral of diabetic patients with failure of oral treatment. 2.2 Ascertainment of patient and general practitioner attitudes, beliefs, fears and perceptions towards failure of oral treatment and potential insulin therapy. 3. A simple care package for general practice management of the diabetic patient failing on oral treatment. 4.1 Level of glycaemic control before and after the intervention (glycosylated haemoglobin, HbA1c). 4.2 Quality of life assessment before and after the intervention. 4.3 Alteration in use of insulin treatment following introduction of the management package. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed