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

Taylor 2005.

Study characteristics
Methods Promoting health in type 2 diabetes: nurse‐physician collaboration in primary care
Patient RCT, family practice clinic, Canada
Two arms: 1. Control (control arm) and 2. Intervention (intervention arm)
Participants Control arm N: 19
Intervention arm N: 20
Diabetes type: type 2
Mean age: 62.4 ± NR
% Male: 66.7
Longest follow‐up: 3 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 7.7 (NR), post 8.4 (NR)
Intervention arm: pre 7.7 (NR), post 7.4 (NR)
2) SBP, mean mmHg (SD)
Control arm: pre 129.0 (NR), post 136.0 (NR)
Intervention arm: pre 134.0 (NR), post 132.0 (NR)
3) DBP, mean mmHg (SD)
Control arm: pre 70.0 (NR), post 75.0 (NR)
Intervention arm: pre 79.0 (NR), post 74.0 (NR)
4) LDL, mean mg/dL (SD)
Control arm: pre 119.1 (NR), post 120.7 (NR)
Intervention arm: pre 116.0 (NR), post 108.3 (NR)
Funding source Thanks to the Calgary Health Region for financial support through the Healthy Communities Fund
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Random numbers table.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported.
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 Information not available.
Other bias Low risk Information not available.