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| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods |
Impact of computer‐generated personalized goals on HbA(1c) Patient RCT, conducted in Medstar Clinical Research Center, Washington DC, USA Two arms: 1. Control (control arm) and 2. Intervention (intervention arm) |
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| Participants | Control arm N: 75 Intervention arm N: 75 Diabetes type: unclear/not reported Mean age: 58.5 ± NR % Male: 32.5 Longest follow‐up: 6 months |
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| Interventions |
Control arm: None Intervention arm: 1) Clinician reminders 2) Facilitated relay of clinical information 3) Patient education 4) Promotion of self‐management 5) Patient reminders |
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| Outcomes | 1) HbA1c, mean % (SD) Control arm: pre 8.4 (2.0), post 7.8 (1.9) Intervention arm: pre 8.9 (2.5), post 7.8 (2.2) 2) SBP, median mmHg (SD) Control arm: pre 143.0 (NR), post 139.0 (NR) Intervention arm: pre 142.0 (NR), post 138.0 (NR) 3) DBP, median mmHg (SD) Control arm: pre 83.0 (NR), post 78.0 (NR) Intervention arm: pre 83.0 (NR), post 79.0 (NR) 4) LDL, mean mg/dL (SD) Control arm: pre 116.0 (NR), post 109.0 (NR) Intervention arm: pre 115.0 (NR), post 110.0 (NR) |
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| Funding source | Funding for this study was provided by an unrestricted educational grant from Roche Diagnostics (Indianapolis, IN) and by MedStar Research Institute | |
| 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 | Physicians received training; cannot guarantee that the control group did not benefit from this. |
| Other bias | Unclear risk | Information not available. |