Maljanian 2005.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods |
Intensive telephone follow‐up to a hospital‐based disease management model for patients with diabetes mellitus Patient RCT, patients referred to hospital‐based disease management program, USA Two arms: 1. Control (control arm) and 2. Telephone (intervention arm) |
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| Participants | Control arm N: 160 Intervention arm N: 176 Diabetes type: type 1 and type 2 Mean age: 58.0 ± 12.7 % Male: 46.7 Longest follow‐up: 12 months |
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| Interventions |
Control arm: 1) Team changes 2) Patient education 3) Promotion of self‐management Intervention arm: 1) Case management 2) Team changes 3) Patient education 4) Promotion of self‐management |
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| Outcomes | 1) Foot screening, N screened (%) Control arm: pre NR (NR), post 117 (82) Intervention arm: pre NR (NR), post 144 (91) 2) HbA1c, mean % (SD) Control arm: pre 7.7 (1.7), post 6.6 (1.1) Intervention arm: pre 8.1 (1.9), post 6.9 (1.5) |
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| Funding source | This study was funded by the Aetna Quality of Care Research Foundation through the Academic Medicine and Managed Care Forum | |
| 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) | High 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) | Unclear 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. |