Do patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus included in randomised clinical trials differ from general-practice patients? A cross-sectional comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in general practice and those included in randomised controlled trials on which clinical practice guidelines are based.

Design

Cross-sectional comparative study.

Setting

We asked 45 general practitioners from three French Departments to identify the 15 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus they most recently saw in consultation. In parallel, we selected randomised controlled trials included in the Cochrane systematic review on which the clinical practice guidelines for type 2 diabetes mellitus were based.

Participants

We included 675 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and data were collected from 23 randomised controlled trials, corresponding to 36 059 patients.

Outcome

SUBMITTER: Dugard A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11015222 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature