Study to evaluate a smartphone application for raising diabetes risk awareness in urban India

Exploratory pilot study to evaluate a diabetes risk awareness smartphone application with high risk individuals in urban India

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN08439795

Enrollment

200

Registered

2012-05-31

Start date

2012-05-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2016-10-17

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Conditions

Pre-Diabetes Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Diabetes mellitus

Interventions

Interventional group: provision of a D-Check diabetes smartphone application in a controlled environment. Control group: provision of a commercially available financial application in a controlled en

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Healthy volunteers 2. Female and male, between 30-60 years old 3. Living in Mumbai or Chennai 4. Regularly read in English 5. Have good vision 6. Use smartphone applications on a regular basis 7. At high risk of diabetes (defined by a risk score over 21)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Diabetics 2. Had blood screened for diabetes - or any other tests of diabetes status - within the last year 3. Disability that impacts physical activity status or use of a mobile phone

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Change in intention to engage in preventative action (i.e. blood screening, taking regular exercise and eating a healthy diet) from baseline to post intervention (two weeks later) 2. Change in diabetes risk perceptions and beliefs including susceptibility, perceived severity and perceived outcomes of taking diabetes preventative action, from baseline to post intervention 3. Change in Diabetes awareness & knowledge from baseline to follow-up (four weeks later)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Change in intention to engage in preventative action (i.e. blood screening, taking regular exercise and eating a healthy diet) from baseline to post intervention (two weeks later) 2. Change in diabetes risk perceptions and beliefs including susceptibility, perceived severity and perceived outcomes of taking diabetes preventative action, from baseline to post intervention 3. Change in Diabetes awareness & knowledge from baseline to follow-up (four weeks later)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Self-efficacy 2. Emotional response to the risk 3. Self-reported health information seeking and preventative behaviour 4. Qualitative appraisal of the app	—

Countries

India

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026