Tobe 2006.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods |
Effect of nurse‐directed hypertension treatment among First Nations people with existing hypertension and diabetes mellitus: the Diabetes Risk Evaluation and Microalbuminuria (DREAM 3) randomized controlled trial Patient RCT, conducted in Battlefords Tribal Council Indian Health Services, Canada Two arms: 1. Control (control arm) and 2. Intervention (intervention arm) |
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| Participants | Control arm N: 49 Intervention arm N: 50 Diabetes type: type 2 Mean age: 55.6 ± 13.0 % Male: 38.5 Longest follow‐up: 12 months |
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| Interventions |
Control arm: 1) Case management 2) Clinician education 3) Patient education Intervention arm: 1) Case management 2) Team changes 3) Clinician education 4) Patient education |
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| Outcomes | 1) HbA1c, mean % (SD) Control arm: pre 7.7 (1.8), post 7.7 (1.9) Intervention arm: pre 7.9 (1.9), post 7.8 (2.1) 2) SBP, mean mmHg (SD) Control arm: pre 150.5 (19.1), post 133.5 (18.1) Intervention arm: pre 149.7 (10.5), post 125.7 (16.6) 3) DBP, mean mmHg (SD) Control arm: pre 84.2 (11.1), post 77.4 (11.3) Intervention arm: pre 87.1 (8.4), post 75.5 (12.7) |
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| Funding source | Support for this study was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), in partnership with Pfizer Canada | |
| Notes | — | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Information not available. |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low 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) | Low risk | Information not available. |
| Other bias | Unclear risk | Information not available. |