Developing and evaluating the effectiveness of educational prompts in improving diabetes care

ISRCTN	ISRCTN21863140
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN21863140
Protocol serial number	2005DIAB002
Sponsor	Newcastle Primary Care NHS Trust (UK)
Funder	Newcastle Primary Care NHS Trust (UK) (ref: 2005DIAB002) - The funding comes from service development rather than NHS R&D monies.

Submission date: 05/07/2005
Registration date: 25/07/2005
Last edited: 17/08/2018

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Robbie Foy
Scientific

Centre for Health Services Research
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
21 Claremont Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)191 222 7214
Email	R.C.Foy@ncl.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title	Developing and evaluating the effectiveness of educational prompts in improving diabetes care
Study objectives	In general practices receiving glycaemic educational messages attached to laboratory test reports, compared to those practices not, the number of HbA1c test requests will be higher and the mean HbA1c value will be lower. Similarly for cholesterol messages the number of cholesterol tests will be higher and the mean cholesterol value will be lower.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Diabetes mellitus
Intervention	Short educational messages added to paper and electronic general practice laboratory test reports of Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). Practices, stratified by list size, will be randomly allocated to each intervention (glycaemic control educational messages and cholesterol control educational messages) independently. In the first randomisation, practices will be allocated to receive the glycaemic educational messages or control (no glycaemic educational messages). In the second randomisation, practices will be allocated to receive the cholesterol educational messages or control (no cholesterol educational messages). This will result in four groups: 1. Practices receiving glycaemic and cholesterol educational messages 2. Practices receiving only glycaemic educational messages 3. Practices receiving only cholesterol educational messages 4. Practices receiving no educational messages This will allow comparisons of the separate and combined effects of the two educational message interventions.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Number of HbA1c and cholesterol tests requested (standardised for practice size) and the general practice mean levels of HbA1c and cholesterol.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	No secondary outcome measures
Completion date	31/07/2006

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Other
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	39
Key inclusion criteria	General practices in Newcastle upon Tyne
Key exclusion criteria	Does not meet inclusion criteria
Date of first enrolment	01/07/2005
Date of final enrolment	31/07/2006

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
England

Study participating centre

Centre for Health Services Research

Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	16/12/2011		Yes	No
Protocol article	protocol	24/07/2007		Yes	No

Editorial Notes

17/08/2018: Publication reference added.