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Health effectiveness of community health workers as a diabetes self-management intervention

Author: Aponte, J. Country/countries: N/A Number of patients participating in the study: 180 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: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Education delivered remotely Intervention components: E+R
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques lead by peers delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+P+G
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Lay person, Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Blood-pressure Diastolic pressure N/A
Blood-pressure Systolic pressure N/A
HbA1C Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) N/A
Knowledge Knowledge Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire
Lipid profile Triglycerides N/A
Weight (management) Weight (Kgs/lbs) N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 59.62 years (+/- a standard deviation of 8.93) Gender: 114 females/66 males Time since diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: N/A Severity of the disease: 9.47 (+/- a standard deviation of 1.26) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • 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
Blood-pressure - Systolic pressure
Blood-pressure - Diastolic pressure
HbA1C - Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)
Lipid profile - Triglycerides
Weight (management) - Weight (Kgs/lbs)