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Structured Patient Education and Quality of Life of Elderly Patients With Diabetes Mellitus- a Prospective Study

NCT00444483 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2007-03-07

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Summary

The improvement of the quality of life (QoL) is one of the key treatment goals in patients with diabetes mellitus. Objective: Prospective study to evaluate the impact of structured diabetes education on the QoL in insulin-treated, elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Inpatients with insulin treated type 2 diabetes or failure of oral antidiabetic therapy were successively recruited and participated in the structured inpatient diabetes treatment and teaching program (DTTP) for insulin therapy QoL was assessed before and six months after participation in the DTTP with the standardised questionnaire of Lohr analysing the subscales: social relations, physical complaints, worries about the future, diet restrictions, fear of hypoglycemia, and daily struggles.

Conditions

  • Impact of Structured DTTP on Quality of Life
  • Insulin Therapy
  • Metabolic Control
  • Psychological Aspects

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Structured diabetes teaching and treatment program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Jena

    collaborator OTHER

  • Heidelberg University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ulrich Müller, MD · University of Jena

  • Anke Braun, MD · Bethanien Hospital Heidelberg, Germany

  • Ralf Schiel, MD · Inselklinik Heringsdorf, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
54 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

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