Breaking Down Barriers to Diabetes Self-Care

March 1, 2010 updated by: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Performance of self-care recommendations is key to the successful treatment of diabetes. However, many patients have difficulty adhering to diabetes self-care recommendations. Recent results from our own studies and others have identified specific barriers to diabetes self-care. To evaluate the efficacy of a diabetes educator-led group intervention, the Breaking Down Barriers Program, that addresses barriers and therefore leads to improved adherence to diabetes self-care recommendations, we will randomize 222 (111 type 1 and 111 type 2) diabetes patients to one of three conditions: 1) the Breaking Down Barriers Program, 2) a cholesterol attention control condition, or 3) a 'usual care' control condition. We hypothesize that those assigned to the Breaking Down Barriers group will improve self-care behaviors and glycemic control more than those in the two control groups. We will follow study subjects for one year to determine whether their self-care behaviors and glycemic control improved and if the improvement was maintained over time.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment

222

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Massachusetts
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
        • Joslin Diabetes Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

For Patients With Type 1 Diabetes

  • Aged 18-65
  • Presence of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
  • 2-25 year duration.

For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

  • Aged 25-65 years
  • presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
  • 2 years since initial diagnosis.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Renal disease, microalbumin >300 ug/mg)
  • Severe peripheral diabetic neuropathy and/or severe peripheral vascular disease
  • Symptomatic severe autonomic neuropathy who may be at risk when increasing activity levels.
  • Women who are currently pregnant
  • proliferative diabetic retinopathy based on dilated eye examination within one year of study entry. Patients whose eye disease is successfully treated will be included.
  • HbA1c levels less than 7.0% (normal range 4.0 - 6.0%).
  • HbA1c levels greater than 14.0%
  • patients who underwent intensive insulin treatment within one year
  • a history of severe, unstable myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure or other severe cardiac disease, severe hypertension (systolic more than 160 mmHg or diastolic 90 mmHg) who may be at risk when mildly increasing physical activity
  • a DSMIV diagnosis of eating disorders including anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and severe weight-related insulin omission.
  • Patients with recent diagnosis (past 6 months) of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, mental retardation, organic mental disorder, and alcohol or drug abuse
  • Patients whose diabetes diagnosed cannot be clearly classified as type 1 or type 2.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Attended Breaking Down Barriers program
Behavioral: Breaking Down Barriers
completed
Active Comparator: 2
Attention control group
Behavioral: Breaking Down Barriers
completed
Active Comparator: 3
Indivdual attention control group
Behavioral: Breaking Down Barriers
completed

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
fitness
Self-Care Behaviors
Glycemic control (HbA1c)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Quality of life
Diabetes Related emaitonal distress

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Katie Weinger, EdD, Joslin Diabetes Center/Harvard Medical School

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2002

Study Completion

October 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 31, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 31, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

September 2, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 2, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 1, 2010

Last Verified

March 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • DK 60115 (completed)
  • DK 60115
  • CHS00-34

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