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

Vanderbilt University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: Active Control; Behavioral: int arm 1; Behavioral: int arm 3

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00715585

08335

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Most recent a1c >7
• Type 2 diabetes
• Receiving primary care
• Not currently in the diabetes improvement program
• No plans to refer to diabetes improvement program in the next 6 mos

Exclusion criteria

• Significant dementia or psychosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 3 patient groups

Active Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

patients receive 3 individualized visits with a health educator for education on general diabetes and health promotion

Treatment:

Behavioral: Active Control

Intervention 1

Experimental group

Description:

patients receive 3 individualized visits with an rd-cde for education focused on modified plate method

Treatment:

Behavioral: int arm 1

intervention 2

Experimental group

Description:

patients receive 3 individualized visits with an rd-cde for education focused on carb counting

Treatment:

Behavioral: int arm 3