Kim 2005.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods |
Effects of nurse‐coordinated intervention on patients with type 2 diabetes in Korea Patient RCT, conducted in an endocrinology outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in urban city of South Korea Two arms: 1. Control (control arm) and 2. Intervention (intervention arm) |
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Participants | Control arm N: 15 Intervention arm N: 20 Diabetes type: type 2 Mean age: 60.8 ± 6.2 % Male: 36.0 Longest follow‐up: 3 months |
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Interventions |
Control arm: 1) Patient education Intervention arm: 1) Case management 2) Team changes 3) Facilitated relay of clinical information 4) Patient education 5) Promotion of self‐management |
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Outcomes | 1) HbA1c, mean % (SD) Control arm: pre 8.2 (0.9), post 8.7 (0.7) Intervention arm: pre 8.9 (1.3), post 7.7 (1.1) |
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Funding source | This work was supported by grant R04–2002–000– 20024–0 from the Basic Research Program of the Korea Science & Engineering Foundation | |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low 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 | Low risk | Information not available. |