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

ISRCTN	ISRCTN21863140
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN21863140
Secondary identifying numbers	2005DIAB002

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

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	GP practice
Study type	Not Specified
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	Number of HbA1c and cholesterol tests requested (standardised for practice size) and the general practice mean levels of HbA1c and cholesterol.
Secondary outcome measures	No secondary outcome measures
Overall study start date	01/07/2005
Completion date	31/07/2006

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Other
Sex	All
Target number of participants	39 practices
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

England
United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Centre for Health Services Research

Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Newcastle Primary Care NHS Trust (UK)
Hospital/treatment centre

Research and Development Department
Benfield Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 4PF
England
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)191 219 6132
Email	alison.emslie@newcastle-pct.nhs.uk

Funders

Funder type

Hospital/treatment centre

Newcastle Primary Care NHS Trust (UK) (ref: 2005DIAB002) - The funding comes from service development rather than NHS R&D monies.

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

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

Editorial Notes

17/08/2018: Publication reference added.