Habit Formation for Diabetes Self-Management

Des Moines University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabete Type 2

Treatments: Behavioral: Habit formation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05455242

IRB-20-185

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine the feasibility of interventions which focus on building habits as a method of improving diabetes self-management behaviors for individuals with type 2 diabetes.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 19 years old
• read and write in the English language
• have technology capability for virtual or telephone sessions
• are reachable by phone or text messaging
• have a diagnosis of T2DM
• were willing and able to participate in all study-related activities, and
• were not currently involved in other diabetes-related education and behavioral interventions.

Exclusion criteria

• younger than 19 years old
• unable to read and write in the English language
• did not have technology capability for virtual or telephone sessions
• were not reachable by phone or text messaging
• were unwilling or unable to participate in all study-related activities, and/or
• were currently receiving or involved in other diabetes-related education and behavioral interventions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

Habit Formation Interventions

Experimental group

Description:

Single subject design used for individual control (A-B design). During baseline phase (A), participants completed self-care activities ratings once per week for 4 weeks. During intervention phase (B), participants engaged in weekly sessions to address goals related to diabetes self-management and guided in habit formation. Participants engaged in intervention for 10 weeks, in accordance with habit formation recommendations by Lally et al. (2010). Each weekly session were held virtually (telephone or Zoom) and lasted 30-60 minutes, beginning with administration of the SDSCA and SRBAI. Participants were instructed in ongoing context-specific implementation intention to promote occupational participation in DSM through habit formation. This instruction included continued education and context modification recommendations. At two week intervals, additional areas of DSM were added until each were covered: blood glucose monitoring, nutrition, medication management, and physical activity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Habit formation