Patient and Provider Attitudes in the Healthcare Context

Completed

Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to assess patient and provider attitudes towards the role that patients should play in medical decision making and self-management. We will examine the degree to which similarity of attitudes held by VA patients being treated for co-morbid diabetes mellitus and hypertension and by their primary care providers is a determinant of patient satisfaction, patient adherence, and adequacy of blood pressure and diabetic control.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00404027

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

300

Starts

2007-06-04

Expected to finish

2010-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-06-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients enrolled in primary care clinics at the study sites (Iowa City VAMC, Jesse Brown VAMC - Chicago) who are scheduled to be seen by a participating provider in the next three (3) months and have been seen on at least three (3) additional occasions by that same
• provider in the prior 24 months. Participating patients must also:
• i) have prior diagnoses of both HTN and DM, as documented in VA administrative files;
• ii) have an active prescription for an anti-hypertensive medication in the following medication classes: thiazide diuretic, beta blocker, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB), calcium channel blocker, or alpha blocker;
• iii) have an active prescription for an oral hypoglycemic agent or for an insulin preparation;
• iv) be able to provide informed consent;
• v) have a home telephone; and
• vi) reside in an independent living environment and not in a skilled care facility.

You may not qualify if…

• i) cognitive impairment;
• ii) severe underlying illness, including: metastatic cancer, active treatment for any malignancy (excluding basal and squamous cell skin cancers), end-stage renal disease, cirrhosis, severe chronic obstructive lung disease requiring home oxygen therapy, and congestive
• heart failure with a documented left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 35% or a prior echocardiogram denoting "severe" left ventricular dysfunction; and
• iii) visits in the prior 18 months to a VA endocrinology, cardiology, or nephrology clinic.

Where it is running

• Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IA — Iowa City, Iowa, United States

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