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

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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)
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
Interventions Control arm:
None
Intervention arm:
1) Case management
2) Team changes
3) Patient education
4) Promotion of self‐management
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)
Funding source This work was supported by a grant from the Diabetes Research and Education Foundation and Upjohn
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) 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.