N/A
N=90
Social Support Intervention for Older Adults With T2DM
Type 2 Diabetes
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04568486 ↗Enrolled (actual)
90
Serious AEs
—
Results posted
Feb 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Hemoglobin A1c — 7.004; 6.24; 6.47 percentage of hemoglobin
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Diabetes Empowerment Education Program (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Brittany L Smalls
- Primary completion
- Dec 2023
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Hemoglobin A1c |
7.004; 6.24; 6.47 | — |
| SECONDARY Systolic Blood Pressure |
127.59; 129.57; 129.71 | — |
| SECONDARY Diastolic Blood Pressure |
73.59; 77.42; 77.28 | — |
| SECONDARY Lipids |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Self-care |
6.93; 8.08; 8.75 | — |
| SECONDARY Medication Adherence |
0.84; 0.60; 0.57 | — |
| SECONDARY Health-related Quality of Life Measures |
9.45; 9.20; 9.14 | — |
Summary
This study seeks to describe and evaluate the impact of social support on self-care and clinical outcomes in rural-dwelling older adults with T2DM, test the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a 6-week intervention administered by community health workers targeting rural dwelling older adults with T2DM (seed) and an individual within their social support network (alter).
Eligibility Criteria
"Seeds" Inclusion Criteria:
- confirmed diagnosis of T2DM via electronic medical record
- age 65 years or older
- lives within Leslie County
- able to provide consent
- have had at least one clinic visit in the past year
"Seeds" Exclusion Criteria:
- no diagnosis of T2DM via electronic medical record
- under 65 years of age
- unable to speak and understand English
- unable to consent
"Alters" Inclusion Criteria
- 18 years of age or older
- able to provide consent
- has at least weekly contact with the seed
"Alters" Exclusion Criteria
- under 18 years of age
- unable to speak and understand English
- unable to consent
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04568486). 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.