Telecoaching of People With Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care

Catholic University (KU) of Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Telenursing

Treatments: Behavioral: telecoaching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01612520

S53665

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study is to analyze the effectiveness and the cost-effectiveness of telecoching in improving glyceamic control and other modifiable risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes compared to usual care only.

Enrollment: 574 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with type 2 diabetes between 18 and 75 years old on the day of the selection

Exclusion criteria

• Debilitating coexisting medical condition (e.g. dialysis, mental illness, cancer)
• Residents of long term care facilities
• Pregnancy
• Incapable of telephone communication in Dutch

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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574 participants in 2 patient groups

telecoaching

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: telecoaching

control

No Intervention group