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Conditions
Brief summary
This project will evaluate an integrated 'chronic disease self-management' (CDSM) education program for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The program is constructed around a patient manual, the working through of which is facilitated by a trained health coach over a 7 week period. The manual provides key information about disease management and skills training. Using the "Whole Person Model" the manual encourages the reader to consider how their body, their thoughts and feelings, and their health behaviours all affect each other. It helps people look at their thinking and learn strategies to improve their mood and make lifestyle changes. The aim of the proposed project is to evaluate, through a randomised controlled trial, the efficacy of the program. It is hypothesised that people allocated to the intervention (completion of the program) will demonstrate greater improvements in self efficacy in their disease management, health outcomes, well-being and quality of life than the control group.
Interventions
Chronic disease self management manual and 7 sessions with a Health Coach over a period of 7 weeks (1 face-to-face, 6 weekly telephone calls). The duration of each session will be approximately 30 minutes and will involve supporting the participant to work through the manual, and by answering questions, and discussing the homework exercises.
The structured manual ensures that a comprehensive care plan is devised and the health professional is able to identify and address psychosocial issues. Th
Chronic disease self management manual and 7 sessions with a Health Coach over a period of 7 weeks (1 face-to-face, 6 weekly telephone calls). The duration of each session will be approximately 30 minutes and will involve supporting the participant to work through the manual, and by answering questions, and discussing the homework exercises. The structured manual ensures that a comprehensive care plan is devised and the health professional is able to identify and address psychosocial issues. The manual provides key information about disease management and skills training and is designed to facilitate self management. Using the ‘Whole Person Model’, the manual encourages the reader to consider how their body, their thoughts and feelings, and their health behaviours are all interdependent. It helps people to look at their thinking and learn strategies to improve their mood and make lifestyle changes.
Sponsors
Monash University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Adult age – 18 years or over Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes between 2 and 10 years BMI 20 to 40. Not currently on insulin English fluency in speech and reading sufficient to read and understand manual (written to Grade 6 level) Able to give informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Significant cognitive impairment or other infirmity which precludes participation
Outcome results
None listed