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SMS Technology for the Promotion of Diabetes Education and Self-Management in Egypt

NCT02868320 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 73

Last updated 2016-08-16

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Summary

This study was conducted at the teaching hospital of Misr University for Science \& Technology. It aimed to examine the use of SMS technology in educating and monitoring diabetic patients in Egypt, and assess the impact of educational text messages on their glycemic control and self-management behaviors. Participants were randomized into an intervention and a control group. Intervention patients received an instruction booklet as well as daily educational and weekly reminder messages to better control their diabetes. Control patients received the same instruction booklet but no SMS messages. Both group patients took an HbA1c test at the beginning and end of the study period and were asked to measure their blood glucose once a week and record their readings into a monitoring table over 12 weeks. The primary outcome was the change in HbA1c levels, which was expected to be greater among intervention patients at the end of the study. Secondary outcomes included blood glucose levels, treatment and medication adherence, diabetes self-efficacy, rate of hospital/ER visits, frequency of blood glucose measurement, among others.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

SMS messages

Daily educational messages addressing the following categories: diet, exercise, complications, medications, foot care, blood sugar testing, and hypo- and hyperglycemia. Weekly reminder messages of blood glucose testing.

OTHER

Instruction booklet

General detailed instructions addressing the same SMS categories.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Misr University for Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hannover Medical School

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Haitham Abaza · PLRI Institute for Medical Informatics, Hannover Medical School

  • Michael Marschollek · PLRI Institute for Medical Informatics, Hannover Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • Egypt

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