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Harnessing mHealth and Social Support to Improve Diabetes Related Health Behavior for Inner-city Patients (TExTMEDFANS)

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University of Southern California

Status

Completed

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments

Behavioral: FANS
Behavioral: TExT MED

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01945996
KL2TR000131 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
HS-13-00382

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, an existing mobile health intervention to improve diabetes self-management will be combined with a social support module and tested for feasibility. The investigators hypothesize that this combination will be feasible and acceptable to both patients and their loved ones.

Full description

This will be the first ever evaluation of a highly scalable and low-cost social support intervention for patients with diabetes delivered entirely via mobile phones. TExT-MED FANS (Trial to Examine Text-based mHealth for Emergency Department Patients With Diabetes With Family And Friend Network Supporter) will unite the benefits of mHealth (scalability, ease of access) and social support interventions (personalized motivation, emotional support). The Diabetes FANS text message based curriculum will make it easier for friends and family to become supporters. Additionally, augmenting TExT-MED with the FANS social support module will be more effective than TExT-MED alone. The personalized support of TExT-MED FANS will also be more effective than providing TExT-MED in combination with a community health worker supporter who lacks a pre-existing relationship with the patient. Through this innovative combination, I can create a more cost-effective and diffusible mHealth solution that maintains the personal connection of social support interventions. To date there has only been one study evaluating social support interventions for patients with diabetes using mHealth, but in this study participants were paired with other subjects with diabetes (not friends or family) and it required intensive face-to-face support group time. TExT-MED FANS will provide key insights into the utility of combining social support interventions delivered solely via mHealth in low-income Latino patients. These insights will help future interventions achieve maximal impact on diabetes and other chronic disease management.

Enrollment

44 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • type II diabetes
  • HbA1c >or=8 at enrollment
  • speak English or Spanish
  • has support person willing to participate

Exclusion criteria

  • unable to consent
  • pediatric patient

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

44 participants in 2 patient groups

TExT-MED only
Active Comparator group
Description:
Patients will receive TExT-MED intervention, but supporters will not receive additional messages
Treatment:
Behavioral: TExT MED
TExT-MED FANS
Experimental group
Description:
Patients get TExT-MED intervention, supporter gets FANS curriculum
Treatment:
Behavioral: FANS
Behavioral: TExT MED

Trial contacts and locations

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