NCT00715585

Addressing The Role of Nutrition Education & Health Literacy in Diabetes Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study examines the impact of certified diabetes education, and the role of different educational approaches to medical nutrition therapy. in addition the role of patient health literacy level is assessed

Detailed description

150 patients with type 2 diabetes with most recent a1c\>7% will be enrolled. patients are randomized to three arms: arm 1 includes 3 individualized visits with an rd-cde focused on a modified plate method for nutrition therapy, arm 2 includes 3 individualized visits with an rd-cde focused on carb counting for nutrition therapy, and arm 3 focuses on general diabetes education and health promotion. education sessions will be administered over a 4-6 week period. patients will be assessed at baseline, 3 and 6 month follow-up. primary outcome is a1c.

Conditions

• Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Active Control	patients receive 3 individualized visits with a health educator focused on general diabetes education and health promotion
BEHAVIORAL	int arm 1	VVpatients receive 3 individualized visits with an rd-cde for education focused on modified plate method
BEHAVIORAL	int arm 3	patients receive 3 individualized visits with an rd-cde for education focused on carb counting

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2010-06-01
• First posted: 2008-07-15
• Last updated: 2013-06-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States