Team-Based Care to Improve Diabetes Management: A Community Guide Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Team-based care has been increasingly used to deliver care for patients with chronic conditions, but its effectiveness for managing diabetes has not been systematically assessed.

Evidence acquisition

RCTs were identified from two sources: a high-quality, broader review comparing 11 quality improvement strategies for diabetes management (database inception to July 2010), and an updated search using the same search strategy (July 2010-October 2015).

Evidence synthesis

Thirty-five studies were included in the current review; a majority focused on patients with Type 2 diabetes. Teams included patients, their primary care providers, and one or two additional healthcare professionals (most often nurses or pharmacists). Random effect meta-analysis showed that, compar

SUBMITTER: Levengood TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7373227 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature