Partners in Care With Semi-Structured Support Group

University of Hawaii

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Treatments: Behavioral: Partners in Care with Semi-Structured Support Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02144909

U54MD007584 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

CHS-21514

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are conducting a feasibility study using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design in which participants will receive the Partners in Care (PIC) diabetes self-management intervention and then be randomized to either semi-structured social support or a standard follow-up control group. Participants in the support groups will receive a culturally-tailored, semi-structured social support program delivered in a community setting by trained community peer educators and other health professionals (e.g., pharmacist). The investigators believe that the addition of a semi-structured social support component as a supplement to an evidence-based diabetes self-management intervention will improve diabetes self-care maintenance.

Enrollment: 65 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Self-reported Native Hawaiian, Filipino, or other Pacific Islander ethnic background
• Adults age >18 years of age
• English-speaking
• Physician-diagnosed type 2 diabetes
• Baseline hemoglobin A1c >8%

Exclusion criteria

• Survival less than 6 months
• Planning to move out of the community during the intervention study period
• Pregnancy
• Any co-morbid condition (physical and mental disabilities) that would prevent the individual from participating in the intervention protocol (i.e., major psychiatric illness)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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65 participants in 2 patient groups

Partners in Care with Semi-Structured Support Group

Experimental group

Description:

Partners in Care with Semi-Structured Support Group: participants will receive the Partners in Care intervention followed by 6 semi-structured support groups, conducted every other week for 3 months. Half of the support groups will be conducted by professionals with diabetes specific knowledge, e.g., pharmacists, physicians, nutritionists. While the other half will be conducted by the trained diabetes self-management facilitator.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Partners in Care with Semi-Structured Support Group

Partners in Care Standard Follow-up

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will receive the Partners in Care intervention followed by monthly healthy lifestyle tips related to diabetes self-management