Bridging the Gap by Transitional Care

Cook County Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Treatments: Other: Pharmacist Counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01330121

IRB #10-165

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate patient adherence with discharge diabetes medications up to 120 days following pharmacist counseling during hospital stay about diabetes self management

Full description

It is a prospective, randomized, controlled Study. Patients randomized in a 1:1 ratio to pharmacist counseling or standard of therapy prior to discharge.

Standard therapy: Nurses distribute a education pamphlet on diabetes.

Pharmacist Counseling includes but is not limited to:

• Reviewing and explaining their medications (dosing, side effects, route)
• Reviewing symptoms and complications of hyper and hypoglycemia
• Defining glycemic & non-glycemic goal levels
• Explaining the importance of compliance with medications & appointments
• Educating on the basics of nutrition and physical activity

Enrollment: 130 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Males or females
• 18 to 85 years of age
• Historical diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus greater than one year
• HbA1c concentration ≥ 8%
• Discharged from general medicine unit of John H. Stroger Jr, Hospital of Cook County
• Patient with provider and prescriptions filled within CCHS

Exclusion criteria

• Type 1 diabetes mellitus
• Pregnancy
• Major illness or debility, that prohibits the subject from participating in the study
• History of any hemoglobinopathy that may affect determination of HbA1c
• Non-English speaking patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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130 participants in 2 patient groups

Pharmacist Counseling

Active Comparator group

Description:

Pharmacist Counseling includes but is not limited to: Reviewing and explaining their medications (dosing, side effects, route) Reviewing symptoms and complications of hyper and hypoglycemia Defining glycemic \& non-glycemic goal levels Explaining the importance of compliance with medications \& appointments Educating on the basics of nutrition and physical activity

Treatment:

Other: Pharmacist Counseling

Standard therapy

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard therapy: Nurses distribute a education pamphlet on diabetes