The impact of nursing staff education on diabetes inpatient glucose management: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increasing number of patients in hospital have diabetes, with most of them cared for by non-specialist staff. The effect of diabetes education for staff on patient outcomes, as well as the most effective method of staff education is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare diabetes outcomes in medical wards where nursing staff were offered one face-to-face (F2F) session followed by access to online education (online), F2F education only, or standard care (control).

Methods

We conducted a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial involving 16-weeks baseline/rollout followed by a 28-week post-intervention period across three medical wards (clusters) in a Sydney Teaching Hospital. The online ward provided an online competency-based diabetes educati

SUBMITTER: Piya MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8911103 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature