Bringing Advocacy Via Digital Guide to the Emergency Department (Project BADGE)

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Diabetes

• Registration Number: NCT06736431
• Lead Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Brief Summary

The pilot study of Project BADGE will focus on emergency department (ED) patients with diabetes, which has significant disparities in prevalence and mortality for underserved populations. The objective is to determine the effect of a text-based resource referral platform with diabetes educational materials on patient diabetes knowledge, diabetes distress, diabetes self-care activities, and acceptability and feasibility of the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-12-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-12-13
• Study First Posted: 2024-12-16
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-07
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-09
• Study Start: 2025-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2025-09-01
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adult (18+) ED/observation unit patients
2. Have poorly controlled or new onset diabetes (hyperglycemia or Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA))
3. Speak English or Spanish
4. Has a cell phone able to send and receive text messages

Exclusion Criteria

1. Intubated patient

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diabetes Distress	Baseline, 3 months	2-item Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS2)- if positive on DDS2, will complete DDS17 (On a scale of 1- "not a problem" to 6- "a very serious problem.")
Diabetes Knowledge	Baseline, 3 months	Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire, with response choices of Yes, No, or I Don't Know
Diabetes Self-Care	Baseline, 3 months	Diabetes Self-Care Assessment, which asks about ask you about diabetes self-care activities during the past 7 days.
Doctor Visit	3 months	Did the patient attend a doctor appointment?

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intervention Acceptability	3 months	Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) on a scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree)
Intervention Feasibility	3 months	Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) on a scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree)