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The Effects of Two Education Strategies About Insulin on Patient Preferences and Perceptions About Insulin Therapy

NCT00149331 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 86

Last updated 2006-09-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study compared the impact of two educational strategies (an education program versus a pamphlet) on participants preferences for insulin and their perceptions about insulin and injections after attending an educational session with a diabetes educator about insulin.

Main research question: Among adults with type 2 diabetes who are potential candidates for insulin therapy, does an education strategy that involves a personal letter from the family physician, a presentation about insulin, and information about giving an injection, versus a pamphlet education strategy, effect: preference to accept insulin therapy; perceptions about insulin therapy; or perception about the injection?

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Structured education program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lisa Dolovich, PharmD MSc · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
ECT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-07-31
Completion
2006-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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