Feasibility Study on the Impact of Economic Incentives to Improve the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Summary

This feasibility study aims to compare the implementation process of three different interventions that use economic incentives to promote lifestyle behavioral changes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and to identify barriers and facilitators linked to the process of implementing each of the interventions. The interventions are based on economic incentives directed to the patient (individual incentives) or a team comprised by the patient and a partner (mixed incentives).

Design: Three-month randomized control feasibility study to test the feasibility of implementing three types of intervention with economic incentives in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Setting: Diabetes outpatient clinics from a public hospital in Peru.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Diabetes education

Participants interact with a diabetes educator (DE), every two weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Goal setting

Goals for weight loss and change in levels of HbA1c

BEHAVIORAL

Companion Support

Patient has a companion/team support partner to support achieving goals.

BEHAVIORAL

Individual Reward

The cash reward is given to the patient with diabetes.

BEHAVIORAL

Shared Reward

Patients with diabetes and their companion support will each receive 50% of the cash reward.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  collaborator OTHER

• Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jaime Miranda, MD, PhD · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

• Antonio Trujillo, PhD · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-07-31

Primary Completion

2017-02-28

Completion

2017-02-28

Countries

• Peru

Study Locations