Automated Telephone Nutrition Support (ATNS)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments: Behavioral: Automated Telephone Nutrition Support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01040676

121609ATNSUCSF

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Automated Telephone Nutrition Support (ATNS) study investigates the effect of automated telephone nutrition support on diet and glycemic control among Spanish-speaking diabetics in Oakland.

Full description

The Automated Telephone Nutrition Support (ATNS) study is a joint effort between the University of California at San Francisco, La Clinica de la Raza, and patients living with diabetes in Fruitvale (Oakland). Our goal is to see if motivated people with diabetes are able to get their blood sugar under better control by choosing a healthier diet. Since it's hard to eat a healthy diet, one of the ways we are trying to help is by calling people, having them record what they've eaten, and reminding them of the right foods to eat. The innovative part is using an automated telephone system to call them to have them record their dietary choices and giving them feedback immediately regarding what to modify as appropriate.

Enrollment: 75 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age >18.
• Diabetic with A1c >8.5 for at least 1 year based on clinic records.
• Spanish-speaking (self-defined)

Exclusion criteria

• No telephone at home
• Planning to be out of town for longer than 2 weeks in the coming 12 weeks and thus unable to take part in follow up
• Pregnancy
• Insulin-dependent Diabetes
• Any evidence of end organ damage including chronic kidney disease requiring dialysis, congestive heart failure, or cirrhosis.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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75 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients in this (the control group) will be eligible to receive the intervention (see "Intervention Group") after 12 weeks (essentially when the trial is over).

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the intervention group will receive automated telephone calls at regular intervals twice a week. The system will be programmed to call them at these intervals until contact. The ATNS system will solicit information from them in a culture specific manner, inquiring as to what foods they are eating each meal, each day, and each month. The ATNS system will then make proactive suggestions regarding low glycemic index foods, giving encouragement and feedback as appropriate.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Automated Telephone Nutrition Support