The most significant effect observed is with the change from baseline results .
Some evidence suggests post-intervention and change from baseline systolic blood pressure improvement at the nine to twelve month interval and change from baseline improvement at the 4 year timeframe .
There is no evidence that group visits improve LDL cholesterol values of the group visit participants .
IMPLICATION S FOR PRACTICE The evidence suggests that the most powerful model of Group medical visits ( GMV ) is when a clinician prescriber is present during or immediately after GMV sessions for medication reconciliation or individual patient needs .
BACKGROUND The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is ubiquitous .
Complications and costs of diabetes are rising and are depleting limited re sources .
It is imperative for healthcare professionals and patients alike to confront this chronic condition by exploring new interventions .
An innovative health care delivery model has emerged in the last 25 years in the form of the group medical visit .
Group medical visits can range from of six to twenty patients scheduled together with time allotted for individual care as well as in the group setting .
Effect of the diabetes outpatient intensive management programme on glycaemic control for type 2 diabetic patients.
AIM The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the diabetes outpatient intensive management programme ( DOIMP ) on glycaemic control over a 12 week follow-up period for type 2 diabetic patients in Korea . BACKGROUND Diabetic complications can be prevented if the glycaemic status of diabetes patients is maintained within a nearly normal range . Patient education is critical in controlling blood glucose levels of patients with diabetes within the optimal range . METHODS DOIMP was composed of multidisciplinary education , complication monitoring and telephone counselling .  Twenty-five patients in the intervention group participated in the DOIMP and 24 patients in the control group were briefed on the conventional description of diabetes mellitus by diabetes education nurses . RESULTS Patients in the intervention group had a mean decrease of 2.3 % , which those in the control group having a mean decrease 0.4 % in glycosylated haemoglobin ( HbA(1)c ) . There was no difference between the two groups in the change in fasting blood glucose ( FBG ) and two-hour postpr and ial blood glucose ( 2-h PBG ) . The proportion of the patients with HbA(1)c < 7 % was higher in the intervention group than in the control group at the post-test compare with the pretest . CONCLUSION DOIMP can reduce HbA(1)c in type 2 diabetes patients . RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE These findings indicated that DOIMP could be effective in glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes patients
The most significant effect observed is with the change from baseline results .
Some evidence suggests post-intervention and change from baseline systolic blood pressure improvement at the nine to twelve month interval and change from baseline improvement at the 4 year timeframe .
There is no evidence that group visits improve LDL cholesterol values of the group visit participants .
IMPLICATION S FOR PRACTICE The evidence suggests that the most powerful model of Group medical visits ( GMV ) is when a clinician prescriber is present during or immediately after GMV sessions for medication reconciliation or individual patient needs .
BACKGROUND The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is ubiquitous .
Complications and costs of diabetes are rising and are depleting limited re sources .
It is imperative for healthcare professionals and patients alike to confront this chronic condition by exploring new interventions .
An innovative health care delivery model has emerged in the last 25 years in the form of the group medical visit .
Group medical visits can range from of six to twenty patients scheduled together with time allotted for individual care as well as in the group setting .