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Review: group-based education in self management strategies improves outcomes in type 2 diabetes mellitus

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.10.6.173

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    Deakin T, McShane CE, Cade JE, et al. Group based training for self-management strategies in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005;(2):CD003417.

    
 
 Q In patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, does group-based education (GBE) in self management improve clinical, lifestyle, and psychosocial outcomes?

    Clinical impact ratings Endocrine ★★★★★★☆

    METHODS

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    electronic databases that included the Cochrane Library, Medline, CINAHL, ERIC, ASSIA, AMED, PsycINFO, and EMBASE/Excerpta Medica; bibliographies of relevant articles; and contact with experts in the field.

    Embedded ImageStudy selection and assessment:

    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or observational studies that compared GBE (delivered in primary or secondary care, based on learner/patient centred education, ⩾6 participants in a group with ⩾1 session) with a control condition that included usual care, no intervention, or a waiting list.

    Embedded ImageOutcomes:

    clinical (glycated haemoglobin, fasting glucose concentration, and medication use), lifestyle (diabetes knowledge), and …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr T Deakin, Burnley General Hospital, Burnley, UK. trudi.deakin{at}nhs.net

    • Sources of funding: National Health Service (Executive) North West UK and British Dietetic Association UK.