A Self-Affirmation Intervention to Enhance Patient Outreach for Health System-based Lifestyle Programs for Diabetes Prevention
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Preventive Health Services
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
- Enrollment
- 90
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Acceptance of Health Message
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study examines whether a health message that includes a self-affirmation intervention (where people reflect on values that are important to them) increases acceptance of the message and encourages people to take steps to prevent diabetes, as compared to a health message without the self affirmation intervention.
Detailed Description
Background: Despite availability of evidence-based programs for diabetes prevention, few strategies exist to promote patients' interest in them. Strategies should be developed for racial/ethnic minority women with a history of gestational diabetes (GDM), who face exceptionally high risk for chronic diabetes. We previously found that a theory-based outreach message containing a streamlined values affirmation-two sentences prompting individuals to reflect on core personal values-increased women's likelihood of demonstrating interest in a preventive program. Extending this work, this pilot trial tests whether the values affirmation outreach message is as acceptable as (non-inferior to) a standard outreach message among African-American and Latina women. Methods: Two-arm, parallel-group, randomized trial among English- and Spanish-speaking minority women with prior GDM and overweight/obesity in a healthcare system. Within an online survey, participants are randomized to read an outreach message promoting an existing preventive program. The message contains either a values affirmation (intervention condition) or no affirmation (control condition).
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •History of gestational diabetes
- •Body mass index ≥25 kg/m2
- •English or Spanish language
Exclusion Criteria
- •Current diabetes
- •Current pregnancy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Acceptance of Health Message
Time Frame: Up to 2 weeks
Index of message acceptance: Persuasiveness (rated on a 7-point scale from not at all (1) to very (7), with higher mean scores corresponding to greater persuasiveness)
Secondary Outcomes
- Diabetes Prevention Behavior: Information Seeking(Up to 2 weeks)
- Diabetes Prevention Behavior: Intention(Up to 2 weeks)