Dietitian-Nutritionist vs. Day Hospital in the Metabolic Control of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

ConditionDiabetes (DM)

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot listed

Trial typeObservational

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorConsorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf

About this trial

The present study aims to compare the effects on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) at 3 months of two care models in patients with type 2 diabetes referred due to poor glycemic control: a day hospital endocrinology care model versus a care model centered on follow-up by a dietitian-nutritionist.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Patients with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) referred to endocrinology due to poor metabolic control.

Patients on insulin therapy

Disqualifiers

Referred from primary care for other reasons such as hypoglycemia.

Patients with other types of diabetes mellitus or with uncertainty in diagnostic classification.

Patients on rapid-acting insulin bolus therapy.

Patients with acute decompensation of diabetes.

Trial population

Patients affected by diabetes mellitus type 2

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Retrospective

Treatments tested in this trial

Day Care Hospital
Other intervention
Clinical follow-up under the joint care of a nurse and an endocrinologist at Day Care Hospital
Nutritionist
Other intervention
Clinical follow-up with a dietitian-nutritionist and an endocrinologist at ambulatory care unit

Treatment groups

140 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Day Care Hospital1 intervention

Group B: Nutritionist1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Glycate hemoglobin

Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels three months after completion of the intervention

Time frame

three months after completion of the intervention

Sponsors and contacts

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Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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