Can primary care team-based transition to insulin improve outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes: The stepping up to insulin cluster randomized controlled trial protocol

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Furler, John S ^a   Young, Doris ^a   Best, James ^a   Patterson, Elizabeth ^a   O'Neal, David ^a   Liew, Danny ^a   Speight, Jane ^b,c,d   Segal, Leonie ^e   May, Carl ^f   Manski Nankervis, Jo Anne ^a   Holmes Truscott, Elizabeth ^b,c   Ginnivan, Louise ^a   Blackberry, Irene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b THE AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR BEHAVIOURAL RESEARCH IN DIABETES   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AHP Research   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Health services research; Implementation; Insulin; Nursing; Primary care; Randomized trial; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84894372389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-9-20     Document Type: Article

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