Effectiveness of a Case Management Model for Patients With Hypertension and Type II Diabetes in Chile

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hypertension; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Treatments: Other: Usual Care; Other: Case Management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02762695

15-277

ID15I10277 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a new model of health care for chronic patients, based on Case Management and guided by a nurse which targets the patient´s risk, is more effective than usual care at Primary Health care in Chile. Additionally, this intervention would provide a better quality of care and a more efficient health provision.

Enrollment: 616 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 82 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults diagnosed with Hypertension and/ or Type 2 Diabetes

Exclusion criteria

• Severe mental illness and / or deterioration of cognitive abilities.
• Severe hearing loss.
• Diagnosed with cancer
• Stage 4 or 5 of chronic kidney disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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616 participants in 2 patient groups

Case Management

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Case Management

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Usual Care at Primary Health Care

Treatment:

Other: Usual Care