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Study characteristics | ||
Methods |
Evaluation of a pharmaceutical care model on diabetes management Patient RCT, conducted in a university‐affiliated internal medicine outpatient clinic, USA Two arms: 1. Control (control arm) and 2. Intervention (intervention arm) |
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Participants | Control arm N: 22 Intervention arm N: 23 Diabetes type: type 2 Mean age: 62.4 ± 12.2 % Male: 30.8 Longest follow‐up: 4 months |
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Interventions |
Control arm: None Intervention arm: 1) Case management 2) Team changes 3) Patient education 4) Promotion of self‐management |
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Outcomes | 1) HbA1c, mean % (SD) Control arm: pre 12.2 (3.5), post 12.1 (3.7) Intervention arm: pre 11.5 (2.9), post 9.2 (2.1) 2) Harms (hypoglycaemic reactions), N (%) Control arm: pre NR (NR), post 2 (9) Intervention arm: pre NR (NR), post 17 (100) |
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Funding source | This work was supported by a grant from the Diabetes Research and Education Foundation and Upjohn | |
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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) | High 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 | Unclear risk | Information not available. |