Two Years Maintenance of Structured Group Self-management Education in Type 2 Diabetes : a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Structured self-management group education during 2 years
- Registration Number
- NCT01425866
- Lead Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion
- Brief Summary
Type 2 diabetes has a growing impact on populations and public health worldwide. Clinical trials have clearly demonstrated that a better control of blood glucose level and of other risk factors is efficient in preventing or retarding the complications of the disease. On Reunion island, Type 2 diabetes is present in 18% of population aged 30 or older with a high level of socio-economic deprivation. The hypothesis of the ERMIES study is that a structured group self-management education maintained at the community level for 2 years in patients with insufficiently controlled type 2 diabetes has better metabolic results (as attested by improvement in HbA1c level) at 2 yrs, compared to an initial short term (\< 3 months) self-management program, based on the same theoretical basis and framework (learning nests empowerment). A total of 240 adults living in Reunion Island, with type 2 diabetes mellitus with HbA1c ≥ 7.5% on a stable treatment for at least 3 months will be randomly allocated to 2 intervention arms: either a short term (\< 3 months) program (1 to 7 thematic 2-hr long sessions depending on individual assessment), or a long term program including the same initial program as 1st arm, but with group self management education sessions, maintained for 2 years (4-monthly assessment, empowerment, and contextual action planning; facultative additional specific thematic sessions being delivered if needed). Medical visits will be held quarterly for the recording of outcome measures (HbA1c, blood pressure, anthropometrics, tobacco consumption, diabetes complications) and yearly for blood glucose, lipids, micro-albuminuria or proteinuria, creatinine clearance, diet and exercise (questionnaires), treatment recording, quality of life, self-efficacy, anxiety and depression scales, and social support.
- Detailed Description
Randomised clinical trial comparing 2 parallel arms of educational intervention with the hypothesis of the superiority of a 2-year maintenance of a structured, theoretically-based, educational follow-up. All subjects of both arms will beneficiate from an initial structured educational program (\< 3-months). Subjects, educators, and investigators will be unaware of the group allocation during this initial round. Then the intervention arm will undergo a 2 years self management educational follow-up program. Randomisation will be stratified on 2 factors : centres (5 strata) and anti diabetic treatment (2 strata: insulin-treated or not). All group sessions (3-10 subjects, 2 hr-long, one assessment group session and 6 facultative additional specific sessions for each round \[initial in both arms or follow-up in the intervention arm\], as needed and planned during the first) will be held at the community level, as closer as possible to the subjects' residence. Educators are specifically trained and the educational sessions are structured and coordinated in the framing and organisational supervision of the health management network "ReuCARE" in Reunion island. Subjects of both arms will continue quarterly to attend at the outpatient clinic of the centre. This trial is associated to a qualitative ethno-sociological study on a sample of 30-40 subjects, with in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation of group sessions, with the specific aim of describing the learning processes, coping, health and functional literacy, social and contextual issues.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 132
- Type 2 diabetes
- HbA1c ≥ 7,5% more than 3 months
- Adults
- ≥ 1 year ADO and/or insulin and/or GLP-1 analog
- antidiabetic treatment unchanged since 3 months (no change of treatment in the last 3 months, except for insulin dosage)
- Living in Reunion Island
- Affiliated to French national health insurance
- Signed informed consent
- Treatment or associated conditions that would influence glycemic control, such as corticotherapy, cancer, inflammatory chronic diseases
- Hospitalisation linked to diabetes < 3 months
- Structured patient education in the past 3 months
- Severe diabetes complications (e.g. ischemic or proliferative retinopathy, severe renal failure (clearance < 15 ml/min), acute ischemic heart disease (< 6 months, foot lesion)
- Pregnancy (on-going or planned during the study)
- Evolutive cancer
- Physical or cognitive heavy handicap
- Concomitant participation to a therapeutic trial
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 2 years self management education Structured self-management group education during 2 years Long-term program including initial self-management education program (1 to 7 sessions, based on individual assessment), and follow-up group sessions maintained for 2 years (4-monthly assessment, empowerment, and contextual action planning; facultative additional specific thematic sessions being delivered if needed). Initial self-management education Structured self-management group education during 2 years Initial self-management group education: 1 to 7 sessions (\< 3 months), based on individual assessment.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mean change in glycated haemoglobin (GlyHb) 0 and 2 years
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method change in GlyHb quarterly up to 2 yrs Change in waist circumference quarterly up to 2 yrs Mean change in glycated haemoglobin (GlyHb) 0 and 1 year diabetes complications 1 and 2 yrs retinopathy stages, micro-albuminuria or proteinuria, creatinine clearance, foot risk grade, ischemic heart or cerebral disease
health behaviours 1 and 2 yrs physical activity and diet (Baecke and food frequency questionnaires)
Quality of Life 1 and 2 yrs short DQOL adapted and validated for Reunion
Change in tobacco consumption quarterly up to 2 yrs anti-diabetic therapy 1 and 2 yrs type, dosage
Blood sugar and lipids 1 and 2 yrs Blood sugar Total, HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglycerides
health care process 1 and 2 yrs medical follow-up and appointments, compliance (questionnaire)
Psychometric scales 1 and 2 yrs self-efficacy, social support, HAD (anxiety and depression)
Change in fasting blood glucose quarterly up to 2 yrs Change in body mass index quarterly up to 2 yrs Change in blood pressure quarterly up to 2 yrs
Trial Locations
- Locations (4)
Department of endocrinology, University Hospital Reunion Island - Felix Guyon Site
🇫🇷Saint Denis De La Réunion, France
Diabetolgy - UNiversity Hospital Sud Réunion
🇫🇷Saint Pierre, La Réunion, France
Groupe Hopitalier Est Réunion
🇫🇷Saint Benoît, La Réunion, France
Centre Hospitalier Gabriel Martin
🇫🇷Saint Paul, La Réunion, France