NCT00848315

Diabetes Management in Low-Income Hispanic Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 252 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The overall goal of this randomized clinical trial (RCT) is to test the efficacy of a culturally- and literacy-tailored cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to enhance adherence to diabetes self-management behaviors and improve glycemic control among low-income Hispanic individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Detailed description

Patients are randomly assigned to a Usual Care condition or to the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention condition. The unit of randomization and analysis is the patient. The intervention is implemented by a nutritionist, a nurse diabetes educator and an assistant, and patients are encouraged to bring a family member or friend living in the same household to facilitate home-based support for the intervention. The intervention emphasizes patients' ethnic preferences and traditions (e.g., adapting ethnic recipes to meet dietary goals) and the use of available community resources (e.g., available areas for exercise), and is delivered utilizing strategies and materials appropriate for low-literate/illiterate pts.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Glycemic Control

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cognitive Behavioral Intervention	The intervention emphasizes patients' ethnic preferences and traditions (e.g., adapting ethnic recipes to meet dietary goals) and the use of available community resources (e.g., available areas for exercise), and is delivered utilizing strategies and materials appropriate for low-literate/illiterate patients.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-07-01
• Primary completion: 2008-06-01
• Completion: 2008-07-01
• First posted: 2009-02-20
• Last updated: 2023-09-13

Locations

5 sites across 1 country: United States