Skills for Change: Nutrition Education Program for Emirati Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

United Arab Emirates University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention; Behavioral: Usual Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04264793

10/48

Details and patient eligibility

About

The "Skills for Change" Diabetes Nutrition Education Program was a one-year, community-based conducted in Ambulatory Health Care Services health centers in Al Ain. The project involved nutrition education to improve blood glucose control, diet and physical activity levels of Emirati adults with type 2 diabetes.

Full description

Despite the high prevalence of diabetes and its complications in the UAE, very few diabetes education intervention studies have been conducted in a representative population in the country. The Skills for Change Program was a one-year, community-based, cluster randomized study involving Emirati adults with type 2 diabetes. We implemented a behavioral lifestyle intervention to improve glycemic control, food choices, and physical activity levels and to decrease sedentarity. The project was culturally adapted to Emirati adults with type 2 diabetes and was driven by theoretical principles of behavior change and education to enhance intervention effectiveness.

Enrollment: 382 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• United Arab Emirates national
• Type 2 diabetes
• Adults: Male and female
• Age: 20-70 years
• Attending one of the 7 health centers in Al Ain managed by the Ambulatory Healthcare Services.

Exclusion criteria

• Type 1 diabetes
• Age >70 Years
• Medical conditions that prevent active participation in the program, based on recommendation of the attending physicians
• Participating in other nutrition intervention programs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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382 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention (3 health centers): In addition to usual care in the health center, the intervention included individual counseling and group education on nutrition and physical activity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control (4 health centers): Patients received usual care including education as part of the diabetes management from their healthcare professionals (physicians and nurses), normally every 2-3 months. Visits with the health center dietitian were arranged as per physician referral.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Usual Care