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Active care management supported by home telemonitoring in veterans with type 2 diabetes: the DiaTel randomized controlled trial.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE We compared the short-term efficacy of home telemonitoring coupled with active medication management by a nurse practitioner with a monthly care coordination telephone call on glycemic control in veterans with type 2 diabetes and entry A1C > or =7.5%. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Veterans who received primary care at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System from June 2004 to December 2005, who were taking oral hypoglycemic agents and/or insulin for > or =1 year, and who had A1C > or =7.5% at enrollment were randomly assigned to either active care management with home telemonitoring (ACM+HT group, n = 73) or a monthly care coordination telephone call (CC group, n = 77). Both groups received monthly calls for diabetes education and self-management review. ACM+HT group participants transmitted blood glucose, blood pressure, and weight to a nurse practitioner using the Viterion 100 TeleHealth Monitor; the nurse practitioner adjusted medications for glucose, blood pressure, and lipid control based on established American Diabetes Association targets. Measures were obtained at baseline, 3-month, and 6-month visits. RESULTS Baseline characteristics were similar in both groups, with mean A1C of 9.4% (CC group) and 9.6% (ACM+HT group). Compared with the CC group, the ACM+HT group demonstrated significantly larger decreases in A1C at 3 months (1.7 vs. 0.7%) and 6 months (1.7 vs. 0.8%; P < 0.001 for each), with most improvement occurring by 3 months. CONCLUSIONS Compared with the CC group, the ACM+HT group demonstrated significantly greater reductions in A1C by 3 and 6 months. However, both interventions improved glycemic control in primary care patients with previously inadequate control.

SUBMITTER: Stone RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2827492 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Active care management supported by home telemonitoring in veterans with type 2 diabetes: the DiaTel randomized controlled trial.

Stone Roslyn A RA   Rao R Harsha RH   Sevick Mary Ann MA   Cheng Chunrong C   Hough Linda J LJ   Macpherson David S DS   Franko Carol M CM   Anglin Rebecca A RA   Obrosky D Scott DS   Derubertis Frederick R FR  

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OBJECTIVE We compared the short-term efficacy of home telemonitoring coupled with active medication management by a nurse practitioner with a monthly care coordination telephone call on glycemic control in veterans with type 2 diabetes and entry A1C > or =7.5%. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Veterans who received primary care at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System from June 2004 to December 2005, who were taking oral hypoglycemic agents and/or insulin for > or =1 year, and who had A1C > or =7.5% at  ...[more]

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