Effect of physical activity counselling on the number of contacts in primary healthcare, specialised healthcare and the related healthcare costs among patients with type 2 diabetes: a register-based evaluation study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study evaluated the effect of physical activity (PA) counselling on the number of contacts and related costs in primary healthcare (PHC) and specialised healthcare (SHC) among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Methods

The study was carried out in North Karelia, Finland, among PHC clients with T2D in 2016-2018. Altogether, 521 patients participated in the counselling. In total, 1382 sex, age, time of diagnosis and intervention time-matched controls were used to assess the effect of the intervention. Information on outpatient nurse and physician appointments in PHC and SHC was collected from October 2016 to December 2019. The reason for the visit was identified with the recorded main diagnosis using both International Classification of Diseases-10 and Inte

SUBMITTER: Martiskainen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11812698 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature