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A group visit model to support diabetes patients? self-management in rural communities of Shanghai

A group visit model to support diabetes patients? self-management in rural communities of Shanghai: a randomized trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN87909028
Enrollment
200
Registered
2012-06-07
Start date
2007-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

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

Conditions

Type 2 diabetes Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

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)
Lead Sponsor

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

MeasureTime 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

MeasureTime frame
Baseline scores for self-management behaviors and self-efficacy to manage diabetes in general and health status

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 24, 2026