Overcome Barriers to Optimal Diabetes Management: Randomized Controlled Trial of Education/Consultation Interventions to Improve Self-Management of Diabetes.

除了改善糖尿病患者的自我护理和生活质量外，该试验的成本效益部分还将提供其他有价值的数据。考虑到与糖尿病和其他相关健康并发症（即糖尿病视网膜病变）相关的成本估计超过100亿澳元，我们的干预措施具有相当大的潜力，可以为澳大利亚社区节省大量资金。这项研究还将促进初级和三级保健机构之间的密切协调。这项拟议的试验将大大有助于未来与糖尿病、眼睛健康和康复有关的人员、资源和资金的卫生政策。

In addition to improving self care and quality of life in people with diabetes, the cost effectiveness component of the trial will provide other valuable data. Considering that the costs associated with diabetes and other associated health complications (i.e diabetic retinopathy) are estimated to be more than AU$10 billion, our intervention has a considerable potential to deliver substantial savings to the Australian community. The study will also generate a closer coordination between primary and tertiary care settings. This proposed trial will contribute substantially to future health policies related to personnel, resources and funding allocated to diabetes, eye health and rehabilitation.