Trial to Examine Text-message Based mHealth in Emergency Department Patients With Diabetes (TExT-MED)

University of Southern California

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes

Treatments: Other: Daily text messages

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01403831

Mobilizing for Health (Other Grant/Funding Number)

HS-11-00084

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators propose an innovative, ED-based mHealth intervention: TExT-MED (Trial to Examine Text-Based mHealth for Emergency department patients with Diabetes). TExT-MED is a technologically simple solution using unidirectional daily text messages to consisting of educational materials, trivia questions and challenges promoting healthy lifestyle choices and reminders to check blood sugar, take medications and go to clinic appointments. The investigators believe TExT-MED will improve health outcomes including blood glucose control and encourage weight loss, healthy eating and exercise. TExT-MED is low cost, easy to use and can be quickly adapted to other practice environments.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. ≥18 years old 2) have Type 2 diabetes 3) have a text message capable mobile phone 4) know how to receive text messages 5) speak and read English or Spanish and 6) have a HbA1C ≥8%.

Exclusion criteria

1. overt psychosis 2) unable to provide informed consent and 3) pregnancy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

Text messages

Experimental group

Description:

Patients randomized to this arm will receive daily text messages to their mobile phones consisting of educational materials, motivational materials, trivia questions, and challenges to engage in healthy lifestyle choices

Treatment:

Other: Daily text messages

Control

No Intervention group