Enhancing type 2 diabetes care by an individualized and group-based therapeutic patient education program: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial
David Ehlig, Maxime Sapin, Minette-Joëlle Zeukeng, Justus Vogel, Vincent Barthassat, Benoit Favre, Henrique DaCosta, Ksenia Tugay, Stephane Coendoz-Carron, David Bumann, Joëlle Coclet, Philippe Schaller, Alexander Geissler · 2025
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David Ehlig and co-authors set out a trial of a personal plus group education programme for type 2 diabetes in Geneva, Switzerland, in a 2025 protocol paper. Lifestyle drives much of the disease, yet structured teaching is rare in Swiss standard care. The trial tests whether tailored teaching improves outcomes.
About thirty practices will enrol at least 154 newly diagnosed patients, with practices assigned at random to programme or standard care. Doctors and allied staff first train together in teaching methods. Each patient then gets a personal plan built with their care team and fellow patients, tracked by regular self-reports. The main measure is change in a long-term blood sugar marker at twelve months, with a follow-up at eighteen months.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | David Ehlig, Maxime Sapin, Minette-Joëlle Zeukeng, Justus Vogel, Vincent Barthassat, Benoit Favre, Henrique DaCosta, Ksenia Tugay, Stephane Coendoz-Carron, David Bumann, Joëlle Coclet, Philippe Schaller, Alexander Geissler |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 63 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |