NCT02488785

Impact of a Virtual Diabetes Self-Care and Education Program on Diabetes-related Outcomes in Latinos With T2 Diabetes

The Impact of a Comprehensive Virtual Diabetes Self-Care and Education Program on Diabetes-related Outcomes in Latinos With Type 2 Diabetes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 96 (actual)
• Sponsor: Joslin Diabetes Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of a comprehensive diabetes education and management program based on frequent communication with patients using teleconsultation, text messaging, and phone calls on diabetes related outcomes in Latino patients with type 2 diabetes. The investigators hypothesize that the decline in hemoglobin A1c value between the baseline and the six-month visit will be at least 0.5 percent greater in the intervention group than in the control group.

Detailed description

In this study participants will be followed for a period of 9 months. The control group will receive usual care during this period of time. While, the intervention group will be part of a diabetes education and management program lasting 6 months via a smartphone participants will receive. The 6 month intervention will be followed by a 3 month observation period.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual Diabetes Self-Care and Education Program	Participants will be able to have frequent contact in order to share physical activity and glucose data with the diabetes educator using the smartphone they will receive. Information downloaded to the Glooko Population Management tool can be shared with the diabetes educator.
DEVICE	Fitbit	Participants will be given a Fitbit physical activity tracker which they can use to record their activity and share the information with the diabetes educator using the device's smartphone application.
DEVICE	Smartphone	All virtual visits were performed via provided smartphone. In addition, participants will receive a Glooko MeterSync Blue cable which is able to connect to most glucose meters in order to download glucose data to the Glooko Population Management tool on their smartphones

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-06-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-31
• Completion: 2017-11-30
• First posted: 2015-07-02
• Last updated: 2022-09-06
• Results posted: 2022-09-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States