NCT04264793

Skills for Change: Nutrition Education Program for Emirati Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

Skills for Change: Implementation of a Community-based Diabetes Nutrition Education Program for Emirati Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 382 (actual)
• Sponsor: United Arab Emirates University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The "Skills for Change" Diabetes Nutrition Education Program was a one-year, community-based conducted in Ambulatory Health Care Services health centers in Al Ain. The project involved nutrition education to improve blood glucose control, diet and physical activity levels of Emirati adults with type 2 diabetes.

Detailed description

Despite the high prevalence of diabetes and its complications in the UAE, very few diabetes education intervention studies have been conducted in a representative population in the country. The Skills for Change Program was a one-year, community-based, cluster randomized study involving Emirati adults with type 2 diabetes. We implemented a behavioral lifestyle intervention to improve glycemic control, food choices, and physical activity levels and to decrease sedentarity. The project was culturally adapted to Emirati adults with type 2 diabetes and was driven by theoretical principles of behavior change and education to enhance intervention effectiveness.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention	In addition to usual care in the health center, the intervention included 7 visits with the health center dietitian for individual nutrition counseling, invitation for group nutrition education (5 sessions), individual counseling for physical activity, invitation for a 6-weekly structured group physical activity, DVD on physical activity to perform physical activity at home.
BEHAVIORAL	Usual Care	Patients received usual care including education as part of the diabetes management from their healthcare professionals (physicians and nurses), normally every 2-3 months. Visits with the health center dietitian were arranged as per physician referral.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-20
• Primary completion: 2013-11-28
• Completion: 2013-12-24
• First posted: 2020-02-11
• Last updated: 2020-02-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Arab Emirates