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Conversation cards please diabetes clinicians but do not improve outcomes
A cluster randomized trial tested conversation cards alongside usual primary care for people with type 2 diabetes.
The cards were designed to help patients and clinicians set an agenda for their visits.
Clinicians were more satisfied when the cards were used.
But the approach did not improve how well care matched patients’ needs.
Clinical outcomes also did not improve for patients with type 2 diabetes.
The findings suggest that a tool can make consultations feel better for clinicians without changing patient care results.
The available information does not say what researchers or health services plan to do next.
A cluster randomized trial found that conversation cards used in primary care improved clinician satisfaction.
The cards did not improve care fit for patients with type 2 diabetes.
The cards did not improve clinical outcomes.
The cards were used alongside usual primary care.
- Who
- Clinicians and patients with type 2 diabetes.
- What
- A trial found that conversation cards improved clinician satisfaction but not care fit or clinical outcomes.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Primary care.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Study design
- Cluster randomized trial
- Intervention
- Agenda-setting conversation cards alongside usual primary care
- Patient group
- Patients with type 2 diabetes
- Finding
- Clinician satisfaction improved; care fit and clinical outcomes did not