NCT00254501

Empowering Patients to Better Manage Diabetes Through Self-Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oregon State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will look at the impact of health insurance benefits on self management of diabetes for people with this condition. Studies have shown that when people with diabetes manage their disease better, they stay healthier. Our goal in this study is to help those with diabetes better manage their disease (self-care). We will compare two types of health insurance benefits in this study. We want to see if one set of benefits improves self-care more than the other one.

Detailed description

The objective of this particular study is to determine if the addition of regular pharmacist visits to usual care can improve clinical outcomes in patients with diabetes. The central hypothesis is that a program overseen by community pharmacists that empowers patients to self-manage their diabetes will lead to improved clinical and humanistic outcomes and will be cost-effective. Strong preliminary data collected from other sites suggests that patient empowerment programs are effective at reducing hemoglobin A1C after 12 months and in reducing the total cost of care. This hypothesis will be tested by pursuing three specific aims to evaluate the impact of a pharmacist-administered diabetes patient empowerment program on: 1. clinical markers for diabetes and related metabolic disorders; 2. the cost of care and resource utilization; and 3. patient knowledge and perceived ability to manage diabetes. There is an additional specific aim to assess the pharmacists with respect to satisfaction with the training program and the overall project, the activities conducted in patient sessions, and the time taken to complete the visits in this study.

Conditions

• Type I or Type II Diabetes (Excludes Gestational Diabetes)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pharmacist Counseling	Patients were scheduled for free counseling with pharmacists including medication, diet, and other self-management items. Patients also received waiver of out-of-pocket expenses for diabetes care.
BEHAVIORAL	Educational materials	Patients received educational materials (handouts) in the mail. This was assumed to be of minimal effectiveness. Patients also received waiver of out-of-pocket expenses for diabetes care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-11-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2005-11-16
• Last updated: 2016-07-22
• Results posted: 2016-07-22