Peer Coaching for Low-Income Patients With Diabetes in Primary Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Diabetes Type 2
• Interventions: Behavioral: Usual care; Behavioral: Health coaching

• Registration Number: NCT01040806
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

Patients with diabetes who are counseled by a peer coach (another patient with diabetes) will have improved glycemic control compared with usual care patients.

Detailed Description

Peer coaches have controlled diabetes, patient study subjects have poorly controlled diabetes.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-08
• Study First Submitted: 2009-12-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-12-29
• Study First Posted: 2009-12-30
• Primary Completion: 2011-05
• Study Completion: 2011-05
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-07
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Diabetes with most recent HbA1c 8 or above in past 6 months.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Dementia,
• Life expectancy less than 6 months,
• Inability to speak English or Spanish.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Usual care	Usual care	Patients will receive usual care
Health coaching	Health coaching	Patients with poorly controlled diabetes will receive counseling from a peer health coach -- a patient with diabetes trained in health coaching

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
HbA1c level	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
LDL cholesterol level	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

San Francisco General Hospital; 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States