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Community Based Participatory Research With Immigrant Chinese With Diabetes

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Registration Number
NCT00833677
Lead Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
Brief Summary

The proposed project is part of a program of research to improve management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) through a community-academic partnership that addresses cultural factors in disease management. Specific aims are to: 1. Strengthen a community-academic partnership with the immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to improve diabetes management; 2. Adapt and test a behavioral diabetes intervention, Coping Skills Training, to addresses family and cultural issues in immigrant Chinese patients with T2DM; and 3. Disseminate the adapted Coping Skills Training Program findings via the community-academic partnership to the immigrant Chinese American community through service programs, ethnic media, and professional/scientific publications. A mixed-methods CBPR approach will be used to interpretively adapt a behavioral intervention to be culturally appropriate, and test its efficacy using a repeated measures design. Two historically significant social service and health agencies serving immigrant Chinese in San Francisco are collaborating with this nurse-led interdisciplinary research team.

Detailed Description

The goal of the culturally adapted Chinese Coping Skills Training (CCST) is to increase immigrant Chinese patients' skills and mastery in diabetes management by identifying and diminishing non-constructive coping responses to difficult social situations, while expanding the repertoire of positive coping responses and disease management behaviors. The CCST comprises a series of six small-group sessions focused on the topics of social problem solving, communication skills, cognitive behavior modification and conflict resolution. It also includes a review of basic diabetes management information.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
148
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus,
  • Treated with insulin, oral medications and/or diet and exercise,
  • Self-identify as Chinese American or Chinese,
  • Identify a family member (spouse, child, sibling or other person identified as family) with whom participant lives or has at least weekly contact, who is involved in care of diabetes.
  • First-generation immigrant ie. foreign-born, first generation to arrive in the U.S. from any source country
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus
  • Cannot read or write Chinese
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diabetes Self Efficacy16 weeks post treatment-as compared with the delayed-treatment phase.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Diabetes Specific Conflict16 weeks post treatment as compared with the delayed treatment phase

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco

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San Francisco, California, United States

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