Hoskins 1993.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods |
Sharing the care of diabetic patients between hospital and general practitioners: does it work? Patient RCT, conducted in diabetic clinic at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in New South Wales, Australia Three arms: 1. GP care (control arm), 2. Clinic care (intervention arm 1) and 3. Shared care (intervention arm 2) |
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| Participants | Control arm N: 72 Intervention arm 1 N: 65 Intervention arm 2 N: 69 Diabetes type: type I and type 2 Mean age: 53.4 ± 13.3 % Male: 51.3 Longest follow‐up: 12 months |
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| Interventions |
Control arm: None Intervention arm 1: 1) Team changes Intervention arm 2: 1) Team changes 2) Clinician reminders 3) Patient education 4) Patient reminders |
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| Outcomes | 1) HbA1c, mean % (SD) Control arm: pre 8.4 (2.6), post 6.9 (1.3) Intervention arm 1: pre 8.9 (2.5), post 7.3 (1.6) Intervention arm 2: pre 8.5 (2.2), post 6.6 (1.6) 2) SBP, mean mmHg (SD) Control arm: pre 148.0 (23.0), post 136.0 (14.0) Intervention arm 1: pre 150.0 (23.0), post 133.0 (19.0) Intervention arm 2: pre 145.0 (24.0), post 130.0 (25.0) 3) DBP, mean mmHg (SD) Control arm: pre 90.0 (15.0), post 81.0 (11.0) Intervention arm 1: pre 90.0 (13.0), post 81.0 (13.0) Intervention arm 2: pre 88.0 (13.0), post 81.0 (11.0) |
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| Funding source | This study was supported by a Diabetes Australia/APEX Research Grant and an award from the Ames Division of Bayer, Australia | |
| Notes | — | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Information not available. |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear 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) | Unclear risk | Information not available. |
| Other bias | Low risk | Information not available. |