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Table 1 Overview of outcome parameters, co-variables and instruments of the GEDIMAplus trial a

From: Practice network-based care management for patients with type 2 diabetes and multiple comorbidities (GEDIMAplus): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Outcome parameters

Measurement instruments

Data sources

References

 

Primary outcome

  

Diabetes self-care

Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Measure–German version (SDSCA-G)

PQ

[9] (our own translation, unpublished)

 

Secondary outcomes

  

Glycosylated haemoglobin A1c

Patient chart

PhysQ

–

(Severe) symptomatic hypoglycaemia

Patient chart/self-developed items

PhysQ

–

Health-related quality of life

EuroQol (EQ-5D)

PQ

[23]

Chronic disease–related self-efficacy

Self-efficacy scale (SES6G)

PQ

[24]

Health-care utilization and costs

Client Socio-Demographic and Service Receipt Inventory (CSSRI)

PQ

[25]

Costs of informal care provided by designated family member

Financial family burden (FFB) questionnaire

FQ

[26]

 

Covariables

  

Type of diabetes therapy

Patient chart

PhysQ

–

Comorbidities

Patient chart

PhysQ

–

Medication

Patient chart

PhysQ

 

Perceived quality of care

PACIC-S

PQ

[27]

Emotional distress

PAID Short

PQ

[28]

Depression

WHO-5

PQ

Psychiatric Research Unit, WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Frederiksborg General Hospital [29]

Alcohol consumption

AUDIT-C (German version)

PQ

[30]

Migration status

Recommended ‘basic set of indicators for mapping migrant status’ in Germany

PQ

[31]

Sociodemographic data (sex, age, housing, partnerships, education, occupation, equalized household income)

Sociodemographic Standards of the Federal Department of Statistics (partially adapted)

PQ

Federal Office for Statistics [32]

Subjective social status

One-item standardized measure

PQ

German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) [33]

  1. aAUDIT-C, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; FQ, Family member questionnaire; PACIC-S, 11-item Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care short form; PAID Short, Problem Areas in Diabetes scale (short version); PhysQ, physician-reported measure captured by physician questionnaire/chart review; PQ: Patient questionnaire/patient-reported measure; SES6G, Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale, German version; WHO-5, 5-item World Health Organization (Five) Well-Being Index.