Effectiveness of the Farsi Diabetes Self-management Education (FDSME) Program for People With Type 2 Diabetes

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments: Behavioral: FDSME group; Behavioral: FDSME

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01050803

FDSME

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effectiveness of the Farsi diabetes self-management education program on psychosocial, lifestyle, and clinical measures in people with newly diagnosed people with type 2 diabetes and those with already-diagnosed type two diabetes who had received little self-management education. The development of the program was guided by an innovative process of intervention planning: Intervention Mapping.

Full description

For designing the management program, we will use Intervention Mapping (IM) framework for systematically developing the theory and evidence based program.

Based on IM approach, this study will have seven phases:

Step 1: needs assessment (Development the problem analysis: health, quality of life, behavior, environment).

Step 2: We will develop proximal program objectives with a multidisciplinary expert panel of participants.

Step 3: After identification of the proximal program objectives, the next step will be to select theoretical methods and practical strategies based on evidence for alternative methods.

Step 4: The forth step of the program development will comprise of composing program materials and pre-testing these materials with a sample of patients at a diabetic outpatient clinic.

Step 5: By involving the future program facilitators (health care workers at outpatient clinics) a linkage system will be foreseen.

Step 6: planning for evaluation Step 7: Randomized Clinical Trial

Enrollment: 280 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (according to the WHO criteria)
• Older than 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Unable to participate in a group program (for example, housebound or unable to communicate in Farsi)
• Having reduced cognitive ability

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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280 participants in 2 patient groups

FDSME group

Experimental group

Description:

In the FDSME group, sessions will be held interactive; and reflection in between sessions will be encouraged. Group-based problem-solving exercises will be used during the sessions. Participants receive feedback from peers and healthcare professionals at the following sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: FDSME group

Control group

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: FDSME