Effectiveness of general practice based, practice nurse led telephone coaching on glycaemic control of type 2 diabetes: The Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health (PEACH) pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

ID Blackberry; JS Furler; JD Best; P Chondros; M Vale; C Walker; T Dunning; L Segal; J Dunbar; R Audehm; D Liew; D Young

Journal article

Effectiveness of general practice based, practice nurse led telephone coaching on glycaemic control of type 2 diabetes: The Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health (PEACH) pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

ID Blackberry, JS Furler, JD Best, P Chondros, M Vale, C Walker, T Dunning, L Segal, J Dunbar, R Audehm, D Liew, D Young

BMJ Online | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f5272

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of goal focused telephone coaching by practice nurses in improving glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes in Australia. Design: Prospective, cluster randomised controlled trial, with general practices as the unit of randomisation. Setting: General practices in Victoria, Australia. Participants 59 of 69 general practices that agreed to participate recruited sufficient patients and were randomised. Of 829 patients with type 2 diabetes (glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) >7.5% in the past 12 months) who were assessed for eligibility, 473 (236 from 30 intervention practices and 237 from 29 control practices) agreed to participate. Intervention: Prac..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

John Furler Author

James Best Author

Patty Chondros Author

Ralph Audehm Author

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (ID 359374 and 566586). The funder was not involved in the study design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation.