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- Title
Shared care management of patients with type 2 diabetes across the primary and secondary healthcare sectors: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.
- Authors
Munch, Lene; Bennich, Birgitte; Arreskov, Anne B.; Overgaard, Dorthe; Konradsen, Hanne; Knop, Filip K.; Vilsbøll, Tina; Røder, Michael E.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is growing globally and hospital-based outpatient clinics are burdened with increasing numbers of patients. To ensure high quality treatment and care, it is necessary to structurally reorganise the management of patients with T2D. The objective of this study is to test if T2D patients (who are at intermediate risk of or are already having incipient diabetic complications) jointly managed by a hospital-based outpatient clinic and general practitioners (shared care programme) have a non-inferior outcome compared to an established programme in a specialised (hospital based) outpatient diabetes clinic.<bold>Methods: </bold>The study is designed as a randomised controlled trial. The shared care model will be tested during a period of 3 years, with data collection at baseline and at 12, 24 and 36 months. All patients will be offered four medical visits a year; the shared care intervention consists of one annual comprehensive check-up at the outpatient clinic and three quarterly visits at the general practitioners' office. The control group will be followed with four quarterly visits at the outpatient clinic, including an annual comprehensive check-up. In the outpatient clinic, the patients will be treated by a specialised diabetes team, including an endocrinologist. On the basis of a predefined stratification model, we will recruit patients stratified to be at intermediate risk of or already having incipient diabetic complications. We plan to include 140 patients. The primary outcome is glycated haemoglobin. Other outcome measures include (1) the proportion of patients who meet the Danish standard indicators reflecting quality of care; (2) quality of life measured by Short Form 36; and (3) the functionality of the patients' families measured by Family Assessment Measure III. The experiences of the patients and families when participating in the shared care program will be explored by collecting dyadic interviews.<bold>Discussion: </bold>This study will evaluate the quality of a shared care programme for patients with T2D, and provide evidence about advantages and disadvantages compared with a programme in a specialised outpatient clinic. The results may provide important information on how to organise the care for patients with T2D in the future.<bold>Trial Registration: </bold>This trial was registered with Clinicaltrials.gov on 21 October 2015, registration number: NCT02586545 .
- Subjects
TYPE 2 diabetes treatment; DIABETES complications; TREATMENT of diabetes; OUTPATIENT medical care; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; COMPARATIVE studies; HEALTH surveys; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH protocols; HEALTH outcome assessment; PATIENTS; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; HEALTH care industry; EVALUATION research; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Trials, 2016, Vol 17, p1
- ISSN
1745-6215
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s13063-016-1409-y