Change in glycaemic control with structured diabetes self-management education in urban low-resource settings: multicentre randomised trial of effectiveness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In high-resource settings, structured diabetes self-management education is associated with improved outcomes but the evidence from low-resource settings is limited and inconclusive.

Aim

To compare, structured diabetes self-management education to usual care, in adults with type 2 diabetes, in low-resource settings.

Research design and methods

Design

Single-blind randomised parallel comparator controlled multi-centre trial. Adults (> 18 years) with type 2 diabetes from two hospitals in urban Ghana were randomised 1:1 to usual care only, or usual care plus a structured diabetes self-management education program. Randomisation codes were computer-generated, and allotment concealed in opaque numbered envelopes. The intervention effect was assessed with

SUBMITTER: Lamptey R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9957611 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature