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Automated Calls With Nurse Follow-Up to Improve Diabetes Ambulatory Care

NCT00012753 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 272

Last updated 2015-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Regular outpatient follow-up is important for all diabetes patients, with some needing frequent attention because their health is unstable, their treatment regimen is complex, or their social supports are inadequate. However, many patients live with access barriers that limit their use of outpatient services, fail to attend outpatient appointments, and experience worse outcomes than trials of aggressive management suggest is possible. Although labor-intensive, telephone care programs are one potential strategy for bringing diabetes management services into patients� homes and improving their glycemic control. Automated telephone disease management (ATDM) systems can augment telephone care by providing frequent monitoring and health education to large patient panels while focusing clinicians� attention on individuals who need it most. Although this technology has shown some promise, it has not been rigorously evaluated, particularly in VA.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Automated telephone health status assessments with nurse follow-up.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • John D. Piette, PhD · VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Completion
1999-12-31

Countries

  • United States

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