NCT03553862

Collaborative Care Model on Type 2 Diabetic Patients

The Impact of Collaborative Care Model in the Management of Primary Care Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Singapore

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 255 (actual)
• Sponsor: National University of Singapore · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the collaborative care model in Singapore in which clinical pharmacists, nurses and dietitians are active participants who collaborate with physicians in caring for patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).Since DM is a cardiovascular risk equivalent, co-morbidities such as hypertension (HTN) and dyslipidaemia (DLP) will also be evaluated to assess the holistic care provided for the investigator's patients afflicted with these top chronic diseases in Singapore.

Detailed description

Specifically, this study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated collaborative care model comprising of a healthcare team (physician, clinical pharmacist, nurse, and/or dietitian) compared to the usual or conventional healthcare model (physician-centered care) mainly in the clinical, humanistic and economic outcomes.

Conditions

• Type2 Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	collaborative care	The intervention arm will receive collaborative care from a team of healthcare professionals that consists of pharmacist, physicians, nurses and dietitians. Patients in the intervention group will also receive clinical interventions carried out by the pharmacist.nurses and dietitians as well as a pharmacist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-11
• Primary completion: 2020-03-14
• Completion: 2020-05-02
• First posted: 2018-06-12
• Last updated: 2021-03-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore