Improving Patient-centered Care for Diabetes in Bangladesh Through Dynamic Integration of Vision Care on the Supply Side

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether integration of vision care into the DM treatment system, by providing specific recommendations to doctors for management of diabetes alongside feedback on positive eye exams for DR can improve diabetes care outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does delivery of specific diabetes management recommendations to diabetes doctors for patients of theirs found to have DR lead to significantly improved blood glucose control as indicated by % reaching WHO targets of HbA1c (or targets for blood sugar if HbA1c data are unavailable)? 2. What is the cost-effectiveness of the intervention, measured as total intervention cost per additional participant reaching the WHO target? Researchers will compare participant adherence with international guidelines when DR results are provided by a PIS without specific care recommendations to when the PIS provides DR results with specific care recommendations for DM management.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 30
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Diagnosed with DM

• Diagnosed with DR in at least one eye

• Over 30 years of age

• Currently treated at the Dinajpur Diabetes Hospital and Gausul Azam BNSB Eye Hospital in Bangladesh

• willingness to participate in the study

Locations
Other Locations
Bangladesh
Gausul Azam BNSB Eye Hospital
RECRUITING
Dinajpur District
Dinajpur Diabetes & Swasthoseba Hospital
RECRUITING
Dinajpur Sadar
Contact Information
Primary
Lutful Husain
lutful.husain@orbis.org
+8801711626852
Backup
Nathan Congdon
ncongdon1@gmail.com
+44 7748 751393
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-08-25
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 336
Treatments
No_intervention: Control Group: Only DR results provided
For these participants, the patient information system (PIS) will send only diabetic retinopathy (DR) results to the Diabetologist at the diabetic hospital without specific care recommendations
Experimental: Intervention Group: DR results + care recommendations for DM management provided
For these participants, the patient information system (PIS) will send DR results to the Diabetologist at the diabetic hospital along with specific care recommendations for diabetes management (only for those patients with ANY DR)
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Gausul Azam BNSB Eye Hospital in the Dinajpur district of Bangladesh, District Diabetes Hospital, Dinajpur district of Bangladesh
Leads: Orbis

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