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A Peer Support Program to Enhance Treatment Adherence in Patients With Type 2 DM

NCT03294265 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2017-09-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) affects patients' quality of life in different dimensions. Therefore, it is considered a priority to design and create specialized intervention programs in order to prevent and decrease complications. The peer support program studies have shown to Increase adherence to treatment and the proportion of patients with adequate long-term metabolic control.

The benefits that these programs bring are the social and emotional support in the daily management of the disease through shared experiences and communication in a continuous way.

There are only a few peer support programs in Mexico, thus it is required to investigate the effects of their implementation in our environment to promote empowerment and maintain long-term lifestyle changes. The present study has the objective to enhance self-care behaviors and health empowerment in patients with diabetes through peer support.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer support sessions

Stages of mourning and motivation Patients introduce themselves, share their experience and mention a strategy on moving on to the next stage Reminder of metabolic control goals Leaders write on the board metabolic variables and ask everybody the goal values. Patients share their results and mention plans to improve them Self-care activities Leaders ask who owns a glucometer, how regularly they use it, its importance and consequences of not doing so. Simplified meal plan Everyone brings a snack. Leaders ask if each snack is appropriate, how everyone carries out their meal plan, barriers and possible strategies Activities to increase physical activity Everyone compares who achieves 10 thousand steps/day and who doesn't, then mention benefits of exercise

BEHAVIORAL

Reminders

Creation of a group on WhatsApp to send leaders and patients a weekly reminder on the different areas of self-care, such as foot care, self-monitoring, adherence to meal plan, medication and exercise. This intervention will be applied to both groups.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ana Cristina García Ulloa, Dr. · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-08-01
Primary Completion
2018-08-01
Completion
2018-08-01

Countries

  • Mexico

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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