Effect of Motivation Text Messages on Diabetes Patients

Rambam Health Care Campus

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Treatments: Behavioral: informational SMS; Behavioral: motivational SMS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03167866

66666

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will examine the influence of increasing motivation on healthy lifestyle and glycemic control in diabetes patients. Participants will be randomized to two groups, the control group gets informational text message and the intervention group gets motivational SMS. The patients get a weekly text message and after 26 weeks the HbA1c and quality of life will be assessed.

Full description

The investigators will examine the influence of increasing motivation on healthy lifestyle and glycemic control in diabetes patients. Participants will provide demographic and clinical information, fill human value questionnaires and quality of life questionnaires and decide on personal lifestyle-improvement goals. They will then be randomized to one of two groups: the control group gets informational text message and the intervention group gets motivational text message. The patients get a weekly text message and after 26 weeks we will check the HbA1c and quality of life. The text message will be personalized by including personal details acquired by a questionnaire. They will provide demographic and clinical information.

In addition, the influence of demographic characters and related DM character on the benefit of the motivational SMS will be assessed.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Uncontrolled DM 2 patients (HbA1c > 8%)
• Know to read (Hebrew or Arabic)
• Have a cellular phone
• Can sign informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• A life expectancy of less than one year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

DM patients who receive a weekly informational Short Message Service (SMS) by phone for 26 weeks. informational SMS

Treatment:

Behavioral: informational SMS

test group

Experimental group

Description:

DM patients who receive a weekly motivational Short Message Service (SMS) for 26 weeks. motivational SMS

Treatment:

Behavioral: motivational SMS