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

Holbrook 2009.

Study characteristics
Methods Individualized electronic decision support and reminders to improve diabetes care in the community: COMPETE II randomized trial
Patient RCT, conducted with 46 primary care providers across Ontario, Canada
Two arms: 1. Control (control arm) and 2. Intervention (intervention arm)
Participants Control arm N: 258
Intervention arm N: 253
Diabetes type: type 2
Mean age: 60.7 ± 12.5
% Male: 50.7
Longest follow‐up: 6 months
Interventions Control arm:
None
Intervention arm:
1) Electronic patient registry
2) Facilitated relay of clinical information
3) Patient reminders
Outcomes 1) Foot screening, N screened (%)
Control arm: pre 72 (28), post 93 (36)
Intervention arm: pre 71 (28), post 129 (51)
2) Renal screening (microalbumin), N screened (%)
Control arm: pre 67 (26), post 101 (39)
Intervention arm: pre 63 (25), post 171 (68)
3) HbA1c, mean % (SD)
Control arm: pre 7.1 (1.6), post 7.3 (1.6)
Intervention arm: pre 7.0 (1.4), post 6.8 (1.2)
4) SBP, mean mmHg (SD)
Control arm: pre 134.8 (18.4), post 135.1 (18.4)
Intervention arm: pre 135.2 (17.6), post 130.5 (16.4)
5) DBP, mean mmHg (SD)
Control arm: pre 74.7 (10.3), post 75.4 (10.5)
Intervention arm: pre 76.1 (11.1), post 73.6 (9.9)
6) LDL, mean mg/dL (SD)
Control arm: pre 100.2 (33.6), post 98.2 (31.3)
Intervention arm: pre 93.2 (25.1), post 94.0 (30.2)
7) Smoking cessation, N smokers (%)
Control arm: pre 8 (3), post 79 (31)
Intervention arm: pre 1 (0), post 78 (31)
Funding source This study was funded by a grant from the Canada Health Infostructure Partnerships Program Project 35b, Health Canada
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Information not available.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low 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.