Health Condition 1: null- Diabetes Mellitus Health Condition 2: E08-E13- Diabetes mellitus
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Health education through mobile short message service (SMSs): SMS health messages sent on alternate days for a total duration of 90 days relating to knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus, moti
Sponsors
Dept of Community medicine Maulana Azad Medical College
Department of Community Medicine Maulana Azad Medical College
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult DM patients up to 65 years of age 2. Undergoing treatment for at least 1 year 3. Owns a mobile phone 4. willing to receive SMS messages for at least 3 months 5. can operate mobile phone to read SMS messages in either Hindi (in devanagari script) or English languages
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Diabetes Mellitus patients undergoing treatment for severe debilitating illnesses like cancer, heart failure, renal failure (on dialysis), mental health illnesses, etc
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in adherence assessed with the medication subscale of the Summary of Diabetes self care activities measure (SDSCA)Timepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Access to medication in previous three months ascertained as per the proportion of days covered (PDC) methodTimepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline);Adherence to recommended self care practices assessed as per the Summary of Diabetes Self care activities (SDSCA) measureTimepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline);Blood pressure control: Cut off for blood pressure control will be 140/90 mm/hgTimepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline);Body WeightTimepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline);Exercise and dietary adherence: will be assessed through questions from the SDSCA measure and the WHO STEPS questionnaire after suitably modifying them for Indian conditions.Timepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline);Factors associated with medication non adherence will be assessed using a pretested Medication Adherence QuestionnaireTimepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline);Glycemic control: Cut off for glycemic control will be HbA1c â?¤ 7%Timepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline);Knowledge of DM (Assessed using pretested questionnaire)Timepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline);Timeliness of clinic appointments in past three months will be assessed by medical recordsTimepoint: 0 day (Baseline) 90th day (Endline) | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactSaurav Basu
Dept. of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College
Outcome results
None listed