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Age: 60.3 years (+/- a standard deviation of 9.6)
Gender: N/A
Time since diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: N/A
Severity of the disease: 9.1 (+/- a standard deviation of 2.0)
Multi-morbidity: N/A
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Effects of pharmacist-led patient education on diabetes-related knowledge and medication adherence: A home-based study
Link:
10.1177/0017896915597021
Author: Chow, E. P.
Country/countries: N/A
Number of patients participating in the study: 150
This study was focused on patients living with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus
Intervention components: UCP
See more Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
See more Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Components
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention
Intervention components: E
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Pharmacists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Pharmacists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence
Components
Education (E)
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Outcomes measured in the study
Outcome | Measure | Tool |
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Adherence | Medication (or other treatment) adherence | N/A |
HbA1C | Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) | N/A |
Knowledge | Knowledge | Diabetes Knowledge Test (DKT) |
Patient characteristics
Number of co-morbidities: N/A
Tool: 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 |
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Adherence - Medication (or other treatment) adherence | ||||||||
HbA1C - Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) | ||||||||
Knowledge - Knowledge |
Learn more about the intervention: Education based intervention
Summary of findings | |
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Related contextual analysis |
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