Mobile Health App to Reduce Diabetes in Latina Women With Prior Gestational Diabetes
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 18
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Sallis Self Efficacy for Healthy Eating Scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The proposed project sought to develop a culturally- and individually-tailored, plain-language Spanish/English mobile phone intervention for Latinas with prior gestational diabetes (GDM). The intervention is based on earlier in-person to online modification of the CDC-funded Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), for women with prior GDM led by co-investigator Dr. Ellen Seely of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Detailed Description
The specific aims of the study were as follows:
Primary Aim 1: Develop a culturally-tailored mobile phone intervention for Latinas with prior GDM based on Brigham & Women's Hospital online DPP.
Primary Aim 2: Conduct a pilot trial of the intervention.
Primary Aim 3:Evaluate implementation feasibility.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 19 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Female
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Latina women
- •ages 19-45
- •with prior gestational diabetes by Carpenter and Coustan criteria
- •within the past 5 year validated by medical record review
- •own an Android or iOS smartphone.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosis of pre-pregnancy diabetes(type 1,2, or secondary diabetes)
- •underlying disease that might interfere with participation in study (e.g.,significant gastrointestinal conditions)
- •taking certain medications (e.g., glucocorticoids)
- •pregnancy/undergoing infertility treatment.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Sallis Self Efficacy for Healthy Eating Scale
Time Frame: eight weeks
20 item survey that asks respondents to rate, on a 5-point scale, their confident motivating themselves to eat healthy on a regular basis for at least six months.
Sallis Self Efficacy for Physical Activity Scale
Time Frame: eight weeks
12 item survey that asks respondents to rate, on a 5-point scale, their confidence at motivating themselves to exercise on a regular basis for at least six months.
Secondary Outcomes
- Body weight(eight weeks)
Investigators
Patricia Weitzman
Principal Investigator
Environment and Health Group, Inc.