NCT01440530

Technology Intervention for Diabetes Engagement & Self-Care (TIDES)

Technology Intervention for Diabetes Engagement & Self-Care (TIDES):Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Clinical Trial in Primary Care for Type 2 Diabetes to Improve Engagement, Knowledge, and Self-Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 170 (actual)
• Sponsor: Geisinger Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this 3 site, 24-week, Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Clinical Trial in Primary Care is to compare usual care to an online, multi-media, digital intervention for Persons with Type 2 Diabetes to Improve Engagement, Knowledge, and Self-Care.

Detailed description

Objective: Technology shows promise to enhance standard care of diabetes with cost-effective, online lifestyle interventions. Compared to Primary Care (PC) Diabetes System of Care (control), the investigators hypothesized Technology Intervention for Diabetes Engagement \& Self-Care (TIDES) would significantly improve diabetes knowledge and self-care. Methods: Following Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, physician letters were sent to patients with type 2 diabetes, age \>18 years with HgA1c \>8% identified via Electronic Health Record (EHR) of an integrated US health system to invite participation in a 3-site, 24-week diabetes study. Of the 270 with \>1 week email/web use invited to the shared medical visit (SMV) orientation, 166 subjects provided written informed consent. Diabetes knowledge and self-care assessments, vital signs, HgA1c, fasting glucose and lipids were collected at baseline, 3 and 6 months. Following randomization to TIDES (N=117) or usual care (N=49), TIDES group was oriented to the multimedia online intervention including a dosed sequence of learning via email, video, slide shows, food solutions, expert questions and answers,and quizzes.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Educational Intervention	Following randomization to TIDES (N=117) or usual care (N=49), TIDES group was oriented to the multimedia online intervention including a dosed sequence of learning via email, video, slideshows, food solutions, expert questions and answers, and quizzes.
OTHER	Usual Care	Following randomization to TIDES (N=117) or usual care (N=49), TIDES group was oriented to the multimedia online intervention including a dosed sequence of learning via email, video, slideshows, food solutions, expert questions and answers, and quizzes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-11-01
• Completion: 2010-11-01
• First posted: 2011-09-26
• Last updated: 2011-09-26

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States