Type 2 diabetes Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention group will receive 12 monthly diabetes group visit sessions. Each session consists of a 1.5-hour self-management group education and 1 hour one-on-one visits with health care provider
Sponsors
Fudan University (China)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Men and women aged 35-80 with type 2 diabetes confirmed by medical records 2. Community dwelling 3. Willing to be assigned to any of the study groups
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged less than 35 years or more than 80 years 2. Patients with mental illness or stroke 3. Patients with severe physical disability that would prevent attendance or participation in the groups
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Change in self-management behavior scores (diet, aero exercise, practice of cognitive symptom management, communication with doctor, and examining feet) 2. Change in self-efficacy score (self-efficacy to manage diabetes in general) 3. Change in health status indicators (self-rated health, energy, health distress, level of fatigue, illness intrusiveness, depression, body mass index, systolic and diastolic blood pressure levels) With the exception of the questions about diet, examining feet, body mass index (BMI), and blood pressure levels, which were developed for this study, all measures had been previously validated. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Baseline scores for self-management behaviors and self-efficacy to manage diabetes in general and health status | — |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed