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Trial reportAfrican health sciences2016

Effect of individualized diabetes education for type 2 diabetes mellitus: a single-center randomized clinical trial.

Min-Hua Fan, Bing-Tong Huang, Ying-Chun Tang, Xiu-Hua Han, Wei-Wei Dong, Le-Xin Wang

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Trial report in African health sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Min-Hua FanDepartment of Endocrinology.
Bing-Tong HuangDepartment of Endocrinology.
Ying-Chun TangDepartment of Endocrinology.
Xiu-Hua HanDepartment of Endocrinology.
Wei-Wei DongDepartment of Endocrinology.
Le-Xin WangCardiology, Liaocheng People's Hospital and Liaocheng Clinical School of Taishan Medical University, Liaocheng, Shandong, 252000, P.R.China.
Taishan Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo evaluate the effect of individualized education for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

methodsA total of 280 patients (158 males, mean age 63 ± 10 years) with T2DM were randomly divided into study and control group. Eysenck Personality questionnaire was used to assess the personality of the patients in the study group, which was provided us one-on-one counseling and individualized management plan. Group education was provided to the control group.

resultsAt the end of the study, the body mass index (21.5±2.5 vs 23.6±1.6 kg/m

conclusionIndividualized diabetes education is more effective than group education in facilitating the control of type 2 diabetes.

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AgedBlood GlucoseBlood PressureBody Mass IndexDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansLipidsMaleMiddle AgedPatient Education as TopicPersonalityBlood GlucoseGlycated HemoglobinLipidsblood glucoseblood pressurehealth educationIndividualizationtype 2 diabetes

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PMID28479909
PMCPMC5398463
OpenAlexW2592720317

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