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Nurse led clinics controlled hypertension and hyperlipidaemia better than usual care in diabetes

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.7.2.48

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    New JP, Mason JM, Freemantle N, et al. Specialist nurse-led intervention to treat and control hypertension and hyperlipidemia in diabetes (SPLINT): a randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Care 2003;26:2250–5.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    Q In patients with diabetes and high blood pressure (BP) or high cholesterol, is a nurse led hypertension or hyperlipidaemia clinic more effective than usual care for controlling BP and lipid concentrations?

    METHODS

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    randomised controlled trial.

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    concealed.

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    data collectors {and data analysts}*.

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    1 year.

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    Hope Hospital, Salford, UK.

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    patients with diabetes mellitus who were receiving shared care provided by a general practitioner and hospital diabetes clinic and had elevated BP (systolic ⩾140 mm Hg or diastolic ⩾80 mm Hg) or elevated serum cholesterol concentrations (total cholesterol ⩾5.0 mmol/l). 1014 patients (mean age 64 y, 52% men) were enrolled in the …

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    • ↵* Information provided by author.

    • For correspondence: Dr J P New, Department of Diabetes, Hope Hospital, Salford, UK. john.newman.ac.uk

    • Source of funding: Pfizer.