Summary of demographic, setting, intervention, and design characteristics of included studies
Variable | Mean |
---|---|
Demographics | |
Age (years) | 55 (35–67) |
Using insulin (%) | 16 (0–100) |
Baseline GHb | 9.4 (6.1–12.9) |
Race/ethnicity (% NR) | 77 |
Setting (%) | |
United States | 45 |
Clinic | 88 |
Home | 9 |
Senior center | 3 |
Intervention | |
Focus (%) | |
Lifestyle | 44 |
Knowledge | 23 |
Skills (SMBG and foot care) | 3 |
Coping skills | 0 |
Mixed | 30 |
Provider (%) | |
Nurse | 13 |
Dietitian | 13 |
Physician with team | 25 |
Team (nurse, dietitian, etc.) | 20 |
Lay health care worker | 3 |
Self (e.g. computer-assisted instruction) | 7 |
NR | 20 |
Duration (median) (months) | 6 (1.0–27) |
Number of contacts (median) | 6 (1–36) |
Total contact time (hours) | 9.2 (1–28) |
Individual (%) | 32 |
Collaborative (%) | 87 |
Theory-based (%) | 39 |
Computer-assisted instruction (%) | 6 |
Interface with primary care (%) | 13 (65% NR) |
Design and quality | |
Recruitment (%) | |
Random | 3 |
Volunteers | 58 |
Entire eligible population | 19 |
Unclear | 19 |
Comparison group: % Patients receiving usual care | 58 |
Completion rate ≥80% | 65 |
Data are means (range) or %, unless otherwise indicated. NR, not reported; SMBG, self-monitoring of blood glucose.