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. 2023 May 31;2023(5):CD014513. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014513

Choe 2005.

Study characteristics
Methods Proactive case management of high‐risk patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by a clinical pharmacist: a randomized controlled trial
Patient RCT, conducted in an university affiliated primary care internal medicine clinic, USA
Two arms: 1) Control (control arm) and 2) Intervention (intervention arm)
Participants Control arm N: 39
Intervention arm N: 41
Diabetes type: type 2
Mean age: 51.6 ± 10.1
% Male: 47.5
Longest follow‐up: 24 months
Interventions Control arm:
None
Intervention arm:
1) Case management
2) Team changes
3) Patient education
4) Promotion of self‐management
Outcomes 1) Retinopathy screening (eye exam), N screened (%)
Control arm: pre NR (NR), post 26 (74)
Intervention arm: pre NR (NR), post 38 (97)
2) Foot screening, N screened (%)
Control arm: pre NR (NR), post 22 (63)
Intervention arm: pre NR (NR), post 36 (92)
3) HbA1c, mean % (SD)
Control arm: pre 10.2 (1.7), post 9.3 (2.1)
Intervention arm: pre 10.1 (1.8), post 8.0 (1.4)
Funding source Funding for the clinical pharmacist was provided by the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Information not available.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Information not available.
Patient's baseline characteristics (selection bias) Low risk Information not available.
Patient's baseline outcomes (selection bias) Low risk Information not available.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) Low risk Information not available.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) and of outcome assessors (detection bias) Low risk Information not available.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Information not available.
Risk of contamination (other bias) Low risk Information not available.
Other bias Low risk Information not available.