Nurse-led Reminder Program for Therapy Adherence, Clinical Outcomes and Trust in Nurses in Diabetic Patients

Azienda Sanitaria Locale n. 2 - Lanciano Vasto Chieti

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent

Treatments: Behavioral: Nurse-led reminder program through email

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02196272

SAPS-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

A number of strategies have been evaluated to improve clinical outcomes in diabetics patients, however no studies explored the efficacy of a nurse-led reminder program through email (NRP-e) to improve medication adherence, even if it is fundamental in the management of diabetics. The study aims at evaluating for the first time the efficacy of a nurse-led reminder program through email (NRP-e) to improve medication adherence in diabetic patients.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

To be elegible, all subjects had to be diabetics (Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent)

• Speaking and reading italian
• Having an active phone number and an email address
• Providing a signed a informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Mental illness
• Hospitalized patients and who refused to partecipate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Nurse-led email program through email

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to usual care and educational program, the intervention group will also receive email alerts and phone calls from the nurse care manager (NCM).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Nurse-led reminder program through email

Management of diabetic patients

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care, educational program and usual management of Diabetic patients