Peer-led, Empowerment-based, Approach to Self-management Efforts in Diabetes
- Conditions
- Diabetes
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Peer Support
- Registration Number
- NCT02661581
- Lead Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
- Brief Summary
PLEASED is a 12-month program that aims to help South Asians with type 2 diabetes improve and sustain diabetes-related health outcomes e.g. glycemic control, quality of life...) achieved from previous short-term diabetes education program. Our goal is to provide a new generation of education and support that can be ongoing, patient-driven, and flexible to the dynamic and evolving conditions of patients' "real-word" environment and life circumstances.
- Detailed Description
Diabetes self-management education: In the first three months of PLEASED, patients with type 2 diabetes will participate in 12 weekly sessions: 6 sessions will focus on diabetes education and be delivered by a health professional and 6 sessions will focus on lifestyle change and be delivered by a peer leader. Education sessions will be 2-hours long and be facilitated by nurses, dieticians, and pharmacists. Patients will learn about the diabetes disease process, lifestyle modification, healthy eating, physical activity, medications, monitoring, short- and long- complications, diabetes distress, and coping. Lifestyle change sessions will be 1-hour long and start with 30 minutes of physical activity followed by 30 minutes of goal-setting, action planning, and problem solving. Additional activities such as recipe makeovers and exchanges will also be included.
Diabetes self-management support: In the next nine months of the PLEASED program, patients will be invited to attend 32 weekly self-management support sessions (1-hour long) facilitated by a peer leader. The goal of these sessions is to help patients continue making positive lifestyle changes. Each support session will start with 30 minutes of physical activity led by the peer leader followed by a discussion where participants are invited to (1) discuss self-management challenges, (2) share thoughts and feelings about these challenges, (3) ask self-management questions, (4) engage in problem solving, and (5) set self-management goals and design behavioral experiments to achieve those goals. Patients are invited to attend as frequently as they need or as they are able to given other competing life demands. While these sessions focus on lifestyle change and emotional support, participants will be able to obtain responses to medical and clinical questions from 811 or the PLEASED hotline (hosted by dieticians, nurses, and pharmacists).
All patients enrolled in the PLEASED program will undergo three free health assessments: at the start of the program, at 3 months, and at 12 months. Health assessments will include measuring glycemic control, ApoB, blood pressure, waist circumference, weight, and body mass index. All patients will also complete a survey assessing quality of life, social support, depression, and self-efficacy.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 114
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Peer Support Peer Support Peer support intervention group: During the first 3 months of DSME, participants in the DSMS intervention group will be invited to attend 6 lifestyle change sessions delivered a 2-person peer leader team and conducted bi-weekly. Immediately following the 3 months of DSME, participants are invited to attend 9 months of weekly DSMS sessions (60-minutes per session) delivered by a Peer Leader. These sessions are designed to sustain the self-management gains achieved in the 3 months of DSME.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Glycemic Control measured by HbA1c Up to 12 months To compare a peer support model for diabetes self-management support (DSMS) to usual care on sustaining improvements in glycemic control achieved from short-term diabetes self-management education (DSME).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ApoB (g/L) will be collected using venous puncture blood draw Up to 12 months Physical activity measured by the actical accelerometer Up to 12 months Diabetes-specific Social Support will be assessed using a 4-item perceived social support scale developed by Tang et al. that measures amount of support and satisfaction with support from family, friends and the health care team Up to 12 months Diabetes-related distress measured by the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS), a 17-item scale developed by Polonsky and colleagues Up to 12 months Height measured using a stadiometer Up to 12 months Waist circumference (inch) measured by Seca 203 Circumference Measuring Tape Up to 12 months Blood pressure (mmHg) measured by Omron BP785 monitor Up to 12 months Depressive Symptom Severity will be assessed with the PRIME-MD Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Up to 12 months Weight measured on a high quality, calibrated digital scale, with the participant wearing clothes, but no shoes Up to 12 months Body Mass Index (kg/m2) Up to 12 months
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
St. Paul's Hospital
🇨🇦Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada