Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Patients were included if they were 69 years or less, were registered in the clinic's 'Chronic Disease Register' as Type 2 diabetics for the previous 12 months, not using insulin therapy at the time of recruitment and who agreed to participate after informed consent. Patients were excluded if they had plans to travel abroad for a period of more than four (4) weeks during the study, lacked decision-making capacity, or who were unable to perform activities of daily living. Additionally those who were receiving scheduled additional Type 2 diabetes care at any secondary or tertiary care center were also excluded. Once a patient was allocated to one of the treatment groups no other member of their household was eligible to participate in the study.