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Trial reportPloS one2013

Effectiveness of a supportive telephone counseling intervention in type 2 diabetes patients: randomized controlled study.

Ute Mons, Elke Raum, Heike U Krämer, Gernot Rüter, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Thomas Rosemann, Joachim Szecsenyi, Hermann Brenner

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00742547 (DIANA - Diabetes Mellitus), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT00742547 nacompletednot on this map

DIANA - Diabetes Mellitus: Neue Wege Der Optimierung Der allgemeinärztlichen Betreuung

TypeinterventionalSponsorGerman Cancer Research CenterRan2008 to 2012Enrolled204ConditionsType 2 Diabetes MellitusArmsTelephone counseling
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Ute MonsDivision of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Elke Raum
Heike U Krämer
Gernot Rüter
Dietrich Rothenbacher
Thomas Rosemann
Joachim Szecsenyi
Hermann Brenner
German Cancer Research Center · DEHeidelberg University · DEUniversity Hospital Heidelberg · DEUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CHZimmer Biomet (Germany) · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis randomized controlled trial investigated whether a patient-centered supportive counseling intervention comprising monthly telephone-based counseling sessions by practice nurses over 12 months improved diabetes-related medical and psycho-social outcomes above usual care in type 2 diabetes patients with poor glycemic control at baseline (HbA1c >7.5%) in a primary care setting. RESEARCH

designPatients were individually randomized into intervention (n = 103) and usual care group (n = 101). The primary outcome was change in HbA1c-concentration after 12 and 18 months. Secondary outcomes were lipid levels, blood pressure, health-related quality of life and symptoms of depression. Follow-up-measurements were carried out after 6, 12 and 18 months to assess potential immediate and maintained effects of the intervention. For the multivariate analysis, hierarchical linear models were computed for each outcome to assess within-group changes in outcomes over time and between-group differences in patterns of change.

resultsHbA1c (in %) decreased significantly from baseline to 12-month follow-up measurement both in the intervention (-0.44) and the usual care group (-0.51), but there was no significant between-group intervention effect. Significant improvements in the intervention group along with significant between-group differences were seen for health-related quality of life and, transiently, for systolic blood pressure and depression.

conclusionsAlthough we found no beneficial effect of the supportive telephone counseling in terms of a reduction of HbA1c above usual care, our findings suggest some beneficial effects on cardiovascular risk factors, quality of life and depression. Continuous efforts might be needed to sustain improvements in patient outcomes.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT00742547.

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Quality of LifeTelephoneAgedCounselingDepressionDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansMaleProspective StudiesGlycated Hemoglobin

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PMID24205043
PMCPMC3813502
OpenAlexW2063512840

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