Patient-centered communication and shared decision making to reduce HbA1c levels of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus - results of the cluster-randomized controlled DEBATE trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Does an intervention designed to foster patient-centered communication and shared decision making among GPs and their patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus reduce the level of HbA1c.

Methods

The DEBATE trial is a cluster-randomized controlled trial conducted in German primary care and including patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus having an HbA1c level of 8.0% (64 mmol/mol) or above at the time of recruitment. Data was measured before intervention (baseline, T0), 6-8 months (T1), 12-14 months (T2), 18-20 months (T3), and 24-26 months (T4) after baseline. Main outcome measure is the level of HbA1c.

Results

In both, the intervention and the control group the decline of the HbA1c level from T0 to T4 was statistically significant (- 0.67% (

SUBMITTER: Wollny A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6593484 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature