Development of a Peer-support based Cardiac-Diabetes Self-Management Program: A study protocol

Completed

• Conditions: Health behaviour; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000086965
• Lead Sponsor: Office of Commercial Services, Queensland University of Technology

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-01-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

Participants who will be included: males and females aged over 18 years who have given their consent to participate in the study; have had type 2 diabetes for at least one year and have been admitted to the coronary care unit with cardiac event in the study hospitals; can read and converse in English; are physically stabilised; have a mobile phone.

The selected peers (A peer support person is someone who has similar conditions) will be those deemed by a Cardiologist to be competent in the management of their conditions and trained by the researchers.

Exclusion Criteria

Potential participants will be excluded if they: are unable to read and speak English; are transferred to another hospital; are on reparatory ventilation; are unconscious.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome 1: Self-efficacy, assessed by Diabetes Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (Australian-English version).[Timepoint: Baseline and at 4 weeks];Primary outcome 2: self-care behaviour, assessed by Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA)[Timepoint: Baseline and at 4 weeks]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcome 1: readmission rate using hospital records.[Timepoint: readmitted to hospital within 1 month of discharge from hospital]