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Facebook Intervention to Improve Glycemic Control of Type 2 Diabetes Patients of Bangladesh

Not Applicable
Conditions
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Public Health - Health promotion/education
Metabolic and Endocrine - Diabetes
Registration Number
ACTRN12620000085976
Lead Sponsor
Dhaka Cast
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

•Diagnosed as type 2 diabetic patient according to WHO criteria
•Currently on oral hypoglycemic therapy or insulin or both and able to afford cost for 6 months treatment
•Patients with a personal mobile phone and a Facebook account and use it regularly
•Willingness to follow intervening Facebook page and join the Facebook group for 6 months
•Agree for a follow up visit after 6 months (reminders will be sent for the follow up visit)
•Provide written informed consent
•Residing in Dhaka city

Exclusion Criteria

•Patients with other types of diabetes, such as diagnosed as type 1 diabetes, gestational diabetes
•Patients whose clinical condition might have interfered with the study such as mental illness, other serious illness or co-morbidities requiring hospitalization.
•Patients unable to give their informed consent or agree for follow up visit.
•Patients who do not own a mobile phone and/or regularly using Facebook account
•Residing outside Dhaka city

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in HbA1c level, measured by serum assay (Ion Exchange Chromatography method)[6 months, post-baseline]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
knowledge about diabetes (measured by mean change in score of Diabetes Knowledge Test) [6 months, post-baseline];attitude towards diabetes (measured by mean change in score of Diabetes attitude scale)[6 months, post-baseline]
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