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Trial reportEndocrine2025

Effects of nurse tele support via telephone calls on transition between specialized and primary care in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: a CONSORT-compliant randomized clinical trial.

Ana Marina Moreira, Dimitris Varvaki Rados, Camila Bergonsi de Farias, Sabrina Coelli, Livia de Almeida Faller, Laura Ferraz Dos Santos, Ana Maria Matzenbacher, Natan Katz, Erno Harzeim, Sandra Pinho Silveiro

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Trial report in Endocrine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02768480 (Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Phone Calls Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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NCT02768480 nacompletednot on this map

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Phone Calls Intervention (TelessaúdeRS) on Diabetic Patients After Ambulatory Discharge of a Tertiary Care Center: A Randomized Clinical Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorHospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreRan2015 to 2018Enrolled147ConditionsDiabetes MellitusArmsPrimary Care, Phone Calls Support and Primary Care
3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ana Marina MoreiraPostgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Dimitris Varvaki RadosPostgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Camila Bergonsi de FariasPostgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Sabrina CoelliPostgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Livia de Almeida FallerTelessaúdeRS Project, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Laura Ferraz Dos SantosTelessaúdeRS Project, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Ana Maria MatzenbacherTelessaúdeRS Project, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Natan KatzTelessaúdeRS Project, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Erno HarzeimTelessaúdeRS Project, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Sandra Pinho SilveiroPostgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. ssilveiro@hcpa.edu.br.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe role of telemedicine in the transition to primary care for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is yet unknown. We aimed to evaluate this issue in well-controlled T2DM patients discharged from a tertiary clinic.

methodsThis is a CONSORT-compliant 12-month randomized clinical trial (RCT). T2DM patients with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) < 8%, being discharged to primary care from a tertiary clinic, were recruited. The intervention group periodically received nurse phone calls focusing on education. The control group received primary care as usual. The main outcome was glycemic control (HbA1c) at 12 months.

results147 patients were randomized (73 in intervention vs. 74 in control groups) with no differences in baseline data. After one year, we found no differences between groups in HbA1c (7.46% ± 1.37 in intervention vs. 7.54% ± 1.6 in control group; P = 0.76). HbA1c slightly increased from baseline in both groups (0.46% in intervention vs. 0.64% in control group) at 12 months, without differences between them (P = 0.69).

conclusionsA telemedicine intervention based on phone calls plus primary care shows a similar effect to primary care alone on T2DM patients' HbA1c after tertiary clinic discharge. Patients remained with a reasonable HbA1c during the trial, suggesting that the transition to primary care was safe.

trial registrationClinical Trials, NCT02768480. Registered on April 29, 2016.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Primary Health CareAgedFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansMaleMiddle AgedTelemedicineTelephoneGlycated HemoglobinDiabetesDiabetes educationGlycemic controlPhone-callsTelemedicineType 2 diabetes

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PMID39614069

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