MyDiaText Text Messaging Intervention for Diabetes

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

Treatments: Other: MyDiaText

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02927639

T32DK063688-13S1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

16-013222

Details and patient eligibility

About

To test a text messaging intervention using MyDiaText and financial incentives to determine whether such an intervention will improve self-reported self-care behaviors in children 12 to 18 years old. The intervention will consist of daily text messages sent to the subject's personal mobile device. Subjects will be incentivized to respond to text messages via a lottery financial incentive. Previously developed text messages based on the American Diabetes Association (ADA) behavior goals will be used for this intervention.

Enrollment: 166 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes for more than 1 year
• HbA1c greater than or equal to 8% but less than 14%.
• Have been seen in diabetes clinic in the last 6 months
• Owns a personal mobile device with unlimited text messaging plan

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English speaking
• Significant cognitive disability or major organ illness
• Hemolytic anemia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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166 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive the intervention for 6 months. The intervention will consist of daily text messages sent to the subject's personal mobile device in addition to the usual standard care. Subjects will be incentivized to respond to text messages via a financial reward lottery system. Previously developed text messages based on the ADA behavior goals will be used for this intervention.

Treatment:

Other: MyDiaText

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will receive the usual standard of care for 6 months.