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Addressing literacy and numeracy to improve diabetes care: Two randomized controlled trials

Author: Cavanaugh, K. Country/countries: N/A Number of patients participating in the study: 198 This study was focused on patients living with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Educator, Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention Intervention components: E
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Nurses, Pharmacists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
HbA1C Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) N/A
Self-management behaviours Self-management behaviours N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 51.4 years (+/- a standard deviation of 12.8) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: N/A Severity of the disease: 9.1 (+/- a standard deviation of 2.11) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: 1.0

Level of health literacy: 57.0 (+/- a standard deviation of 45.14)
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
HbA1C - Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)