MyDiaText: Texting the Way to Better Diabetes Control
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 166
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Self-Care Inventory (SCI) Score From Baseline to 6 Months
Study Overview
Brief Summary
To test a text messaging intervention using MyDiaText and financial incentives to determine whether such an intervention will improve self-reported self-care behaviors in children 12 to 18 years old. The intervention will consist of daily text messages sent to the subject's personal mobile device. Subjects will be incentivized to respond to text messages via a lottery financial incentive. Previously developed text messages based on the American Diabetes Association (ADA) behavior goals will be used for this intervention.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes for more than 1 year
- •HbA1c greater than or equal to 8% but less than 14%.
- •Have been seen in diabetes clinic in the last 6 months
- •Owns a personal mobile device with unlimited text messaging plan
Exclusion Criteria
- •Non-English speaking
- •Significant cognitive disability or major organ illness
- •Hemolytic anemia
Arms & Interventions
Intervention
This group will receive the intervention for 6 months. The intervention will consist of daily text messages sent to the subject's personal mobile device in addition to the usual standard care. Subjects will be incentivized to respond to text messages via a financial reward lottery system. Previously developed text messages based on the ADA behavior goals will be used for this intervention.
Intervention: MyDiaText (Other)
Control
This group will receive the usual standard of care for 6 months.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Self-Care Inventory (SCI) Score From Baseline to 6 Months
Time Frame: 6 months
Estimate of self-management will be assessed via the Self-Care Inventory questionnaire. This scale measures self-reported adherence to diabetes self-care behaviors. A higher score on 1-5 scale is associated with more self care behaviors, i.e., better outcomes. The outcome was mean score on the scale. If a participant responded N/A, this question was not included in calculation of mean score.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) From Baseline to 6 Months(6 months)