Effectiveness of a primary care nurse delivered educational intervention for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in promoting metabolic control and compliance with long-term therapeutic targets: Randomised controlled trial.

Continual diabetes education with reinforcement sessions provided by a nurse achieved reductions in glycated haemoglobin, basal glycaemia, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and systolic blood pressure in both the medium and long term. It also increased the proportion of participants who achieved the therapeutic target of glycated haemoglobin.