| Methods |
Locale: Spain
Method of recruitment: Patients from primary care.
Inclusion/exclusion criteria: Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at least six months before the start of trial and had not received group education. Those over 75 years, or having sensory psychological and/or physical deficiencies and those not monitored in primary care were excluded.
Randomisation: Unsure of concealment or method used.
Length of follow‐up from start of intervention: 12 months.
Blinding (Investigator (I), Patient (P), Evaluator (E), Analyst (A)): unsure.
Power analysis: unsure.
Intention to treat: no.
Informed consent: unsure.
Approval: unsure. |
| Participants |
Socio‐economic background: Unsure.
Baseline numbers: Recruited = 93; Eligible= 79; Randomised= 79; group= 38; Individual = 41.
End of study numbers: group= 35; Individual= 33.
Dropout rate: 14%.
Age: mean = 65 years.
Ethnicity: unclear.
Sex: 35% males in individual education and 64.7% males in group education
Number of years of diabetes: diagnosed at least 6 months prior to study
Proportion of Type 2: all.
Oral hypoglycaemics: individual 60% and group 51.4%
Average HbA1c at baseline: Intervention ‐ 6.6% and group 7.2% |
| Interventions |
Control: Group education.
Intervention: Individual education.
Each received 3 sessions, seperated by one week, 40 minutes, content the same |
| Outcomes |
HbA1c%; HDL cholesterol, mmol/l; LDL cholesterol, mmol/l; BMI, kg/m2; systolic BP, mmHg; diastolic BP, mmHg; diabetes knowledge. |
| Notes |
There were almost twice as many women in Intervention group compared to that in Control group. Published in Spanish. Data extracted from summary, text and tables. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Allocation concealment? |
Unclear risk |
B ‐ Unclear |
