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Effectiveness of Nursing Care Plans Based in Nursing Diagnoses in Metabolic Control of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

NCT01482481 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 23488

Last updated 2011-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Background: Nurses in clinical practice implement care to patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) in order to maintain normal blood glucose readings, promote weight loss and provide nutrition counseling to improve metabolic and blood pressure control. Because many disciplines contribute to patient's health outcomes, it is important to distinguish how nurses contribute to patient care and the achievement of health outcomes and the differences between the use or not the classification of Nursing Diagnoses, and the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) in clinical practice settings.

Methods: Prospective observational study with 2-year follow-up to assess the effect of Nursing Care Plans based on Scientific Methodology (NCPSM) on changing the control parameters in routine clinical practice conditions.

Settings: 31 Primary care centers in northeastern urban area of Madrid (Spain). Subjects: 24,124 DM2 patients (full universe).

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Hospital Carlos III, Madrid

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • JUAN CARDENAS · Atención Primaria Madrid

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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