The role of text messages in helping people to change to a healthy lifestyle to stop them from getting diabetes type 2

The effectiveness of the text messages to modify lifestyle prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus among university employees and their families with impaired glucose tolerance in Saudi Arabia: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN10857643

Enrollment

600

Registered

2018-06-04

Start date

2018-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-06

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Conditions

Pre-diabetes Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

A computer-generated randomization sequence (Matlab randperm version 6) based on Marsaglia's algorithm to randomly allocate patients (1:1) to individually tailored phone messaging or to a control grou

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. = 18 years old 2. Speak and read Arabic or English as applicable 3. Use text messages on their mobile phones 4. Have prediabetes 5. HbA1c value between 5.7-6.4%

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. < 18 years old 2. Pregnant women 3, Any subject who has overt diabetes

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Incident type 2 diabetes measured at the end of the study after 24 months 2. Hyperglycemia measured by HbA1c at baseline and 24 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Level of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) at baseline and 24 months 2. Systolic diastolic blood pressure at baseline and 24 months 3. Body weight at baseline, 12 months and 24 months 4. Physical activity level checked at every 6 month follow up visit and at 24 months 5. Fruit/vegetables intake portions consumed per day at 24 months 6. Incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke, death and re-hospitalization checked through subjects' electronic file at the end of the study	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Level of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) at baseline and 24 months 2. Systolic diastolic blood pressure at baseline and 24 months 3. Body weight at baseline, 12 months and 24 months 4. Physical activity level checked at every 6 month follow up visit and at 24 months 5. Fruit/vegetables intake portions consumed per day at 24 months 6. Incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke, death and re-hospitalization checked through subjects' electronic file at the end of the study

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Countries

Saudi Arabia

Contacts

Public ContactRasmieh Alzeidan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 1, 2026