Does Telephone Follow-Up and Education Affect Self-Care and Metabolic Control in Diabetic Patients?

Source: Aytekin Kanadli, K., et al. 2016 - Pubmed ID: 26871245

Setting: Turkey, Hospital

Study design:

RCT

Follow up: 3 months

Patient group:

Sample size:

Total:91( 88)

IG: 47(44)

CG: 44(44)

 

Inclusion criteria:

  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Diagnosed in the previous year
Type of technology:

Phone consultation

  • Education
  • Monitoring
Intervention:

Intervention: Patient education at the hospital in groups of 8-10 persons, 20-25 min. + educational Booklets

Telephone follow up 1 call every week/first month, 1 call every second week/second and third month. Review of metabolic values and continuous education

 

Duration: 3 months

Add on: NA

 

Control group: Usual care (outpatient visits every 3 months)

Clinical effect/ Patient safety:

Clinical effect:

  • Patient Self-care ↑
  • HbA1c  ↓ (improvement)
  • Total Cholesterol ↓
  • Triglyceride →
  • HDL →
  • LDL →
  • BMI ↓
  • Waist circumference →
  • Systolic bp ↓
  • Diastolic bp →

Patient safety: NA

Patient experiences/ Staff experiences:

Patient experiences: NA

 

Staff experiences: NA

Costs and organization:

Investment:

Equipment

  • Booklet

Running:

Staff resources

  • Telephone call
  • In-person education

Organization: NA

Health care utilization: NA

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Information

“↑”: Statistically significant increase

“↓”: Statistically significant decrease

“→”: Statistically insignificant (no difference)