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Virtual World Health Behavior Counseling for Patients With Diabetes

NCT01340079 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 89

Last updated 2012-09-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Comparison of 2 methods of delivery health education for African-American women with Type 2 Diabetes. The two methods are: face to face education in small groups, as compared to delivering the same curriculum in the virtual world, Second Life.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

virtual world

health education using virtual world Second Life

BEHAVIORAL

face to face

health education delivered in face to face groups

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester

    collaborator OTHER

  • Boston Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John M. Wiecha, MD, MPH · Boston Medical Center/Boston University Medical Campus

  • Milagros Rosal, PhD · University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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