None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
A feasibility trial of a patient centered self management intervention for type two diabetes was conducted in Ragama, Sri Lanka
Interventions
A nurse-led, face to face , one-on-one intervention, consisting of an intervention phase of four weekly sessions of 1 hour each and a maintenance phase with follow up sessions of 30 minutes every month to reinforce behaviour change for 6 months. We focused on patient empowerment, through collaborative goal setting and action planning to enhance self management skills using techniques of brief Motivational Interviewing , goal setting, problem solving and action planning.
Sponsors
University of New South Wales
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Cases of T2DM attending the Diabetes clinic for the first time but diagnosed within the last five years ; 2. Live within 10 kilometers of the clinic 3. Aged greater than or equal to 40 years and less than 70 years; 4. Confirmed T2DM based on Fasting Plasma Glucose of >140 mg/dl [7 mmol/L] or 2-hour post-glucose glucose of 11.1mmol/L (Sri Lanka Clinical guidelines)(ref); 5. Did not have any diabetic complications, have no history of cardiovascular disease and any serious illness; 6. Currently obtain oral therapy and/or insulin from a regular source (provided free of cost at public hospitals ) or have private means to purchase regular medication; 7. Willing for randomization.
Exclusion criteria
pregnancy, have a serious illness, mental illness, cancer diagnosis in the last five years, or other conditions that may impede or prohibit participation.
Outcome results
None listed