Effectiveness of a Disease Management Programme for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Albuminuria in Primary Care - the PROSIT® Project (Proteinuria Screening and Intervention)

Abstract

Aims

To evaluate the structured PROSIT® disease management programme for high-risk diabetic patients in primary care with respect to the cardio-vascular risk profile and mortality.

Subjects and Methods

Retrospectively 55 albuminuric Type 2 diabetic patients included into the PROSIT® programme from 1994 to 1999 (intervention group: age 66.6 ± 10.5 years, known duration of diabetes 8.9 ± 6.5 years) were compared with 58 albuminuric patients not participating in the PROSIT® programme (control group: age 68.5 ± 10.4 years, known duration of diabetes 8.5 ± 6.7 years). Within PROSIT® a structured multifactorial intervention programme was applied. The main characteristics of this intervention were strict follow-ups of the patient's risk profile every three months and the use of quality management methods (definition of target values, structured documentation, central data feedback with diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations based on European guidelines). The cardio-vascular risk profile, therapeutic intervention, and secondary diabetic complications were compared between both groups in 1994 and 1999.

Results

In the period from 1994 to 1999 the intervention group showed a significant improvement in the vascular risk profile, while the control group did not. In 1999 the mean arterial blood pressure was significantly lower compared to the control group (115 ± 13 mm Hg vs. 125 ± 16 mm Hg, p < 0.05). The HbA1c improved only in the intervention group and in 1999 it was significantly lower than in the control group (7.0 ± 1.3 % vs. 8.4 ± 1.8 %, p < 0.01). Moreover, the occurrence of clinical endpoints in the intervention group could be reduced: Both the mortalitly rate (14.5 % vs. 34.5 %, p < 0.05) and the rate of new myocardial infarctions (6 % vs. 20 %, p < 0.05) of the intervention group were significantly lower.

Conclusions

Participation of albuminuric Type 2 diabetic patients and their physicians in a structured intervention programme showed positive effects on the cardio-vascular risk profile and endpoints compared with a group of non-participating patients and physicians.

Key words

Type 2 diabetes mellitus - diabetic nephropathy - intervention - disease management - quality management

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