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| العنوان: |
Evaluating the impact of onsite diabetes education teams in primary care on clinical outcomes. |
| المؤلفون: |
Gucciardi, Enza, Xu, Changchang, Vitale, Michele, Lou, Wendy, Horodezny, Stacey, Dorado, Linda, Sidani, Souraya, Shah, Baiju R. |
| المصدر: |
BMC Family Practice; 3/3/2020, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
TYPE 2 diabetes treatment, BLOOD pressure, BLOOD pressure measurement, DIABETES, GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin, HIGH density lipoproteins, LIPIDS, LONGITUDINAL method, LOW density lipoproteins, MEDICAL appointments, MEDICAL protocols, NURSES, PATIENT education, PRIMARY health care, SELF-management (Psychology), TREATMENT effectiveness, HUMAN research subjects, PATIENT selection, GLYCEMIC control |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
ONTARIO |
| مستخلص: |
Background: To evaluate the impact of integrating diabetes education teams in primary care on glycemic control, lipid, and blood-pressure management in type 2 diabetes patients. Methods: A historical cohort design was used to assess the integration of teams comprising nurse and dietitian educators in 11 Ontario primary-care sites, which delivered individualized self-management education. Of the 771 adult patients with A1C ≥ 7% recruited, 487 patients attended appointments with the diabetes teams, while the remaining 284 patients did not. The intervention's primary goal was to increase the proportion of patients with A1C ≤7%. Secondary goals were to reduce mean A1C, low-density lipoprotein, total cholesterol-high density lipoprotein, and diastolic and systolic blood pressure, as recommended by clinical-practice guidelines. Results: After 12 months, a higher proportion of intervention-group patients reached the target for A1C, compared with the control group. Mean A1C levels fell significantly among all patients, but the mean reduction was larger for the intervention group than the control group. Although more intervention-group patients reached targets for all clinical outcomes, the between-group differences were not statistically significant, except for A1C. Conclusions: Nurse and dietitian diabetes-education teams can have a clinically meaningful impact on patients' ability to meet recommended A1C targets. Given the study's historical cohort design, results are generalizable and applicable to day-to-day primary-care practice. Longer follow-up studies are needed to investigate whether the positive outcomes of the intervention are sustainable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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