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N/A N=166 Randomized Health Services Research

Changing the Healthcare Delivery Model

Diabetes Type 2

Enrolled (actual)
166
Serious AEs
Results posted
Apr 2017
Primary outcome: Primary: Change From Baseline in the Unmet Behaviors/Goals That Were Not Achieved at Year 1 — -1.5; -1.7; -1.1 incomplete behaviors/goals — p=<0.0001

Study Design & Population

Study type
Interventional
Phase
N/A
Interventions
mobile health care application (Behavioral); CHWs and mobile health care application (Behavioral); Community Health Worker (CHW) (Behavioral)
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 21+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
George Washington University
Primary completion
Aug 2016

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Change From Baseline in the Unmet Behaviors/Goals That Were Not Achieved at Year 1
-1.5; -1.7; -1.1 <0.0001 sig
SECONDARY
Change in Distress From Baseline as Measured With Fisher Brief Diabetes Distress Screening Instrument
-3.5; -3.7; -4.4 <0.0001 sig
SECONDARY
Change in Hemoglobin A1C
-1.3; -1.2; -1.2 <0.0001 sig
SECONDARY
Change in Medication Adherence
0.4; 0.09; 0.3 0.02 sig

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial comparing 3 strategies to improve wellness behaviors and clinical goals for diabetes type 2(DM2) Medicaid patients. A patient interactive cell phone disease management system plus a community health worker (CHW) is superior to either a cell phone system or a CHW alone to activate DM2 Medicaid patients to improve a composite of 7 Wellness Behaviors and 6 Clinical Goals.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 21 to 75 years old
  • Medicaid insurance coverage, Medicare insurance coverage or Affordable Health Care Act insurance coverage
  • Fluent in English or Spanish and able to read a text message
  • Diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2 and A1C is > 8%

Acceptable values will be either :

  • A1c obtained within one month prior to baseline (as long as there were no diabetes changes made during that month) or
  • A new A1c measured at the baseline screening visit.
  • Meets < 10 of the wellness behaviors and clinical goals if diagnosed with hypertension Meets < 9 of the wellness behaviors and clinical goals if not diagnosed with hypertension

Exclusion Criteria

  • Stage 5 chronic kidney disease or end stage renal disease on dialysis
  • Terminal illness (expected survival of less than one year)
  • Severe dementia or uncontrolled mental illness
  • Gestational diabetes mellitus
  • Use of an insulin pump
  • Inability to use a cellular phone
  • Unable to use software application on cellular phone
  • Pregnant or planning to get pregnant
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02093234). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.

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