Peer Coaching for Low-Income Patients With Diabetes in Primary Care

March 7, 2022 updated by: University of California, San Francisco
Patients with diabetes who are counseled by a peer coach (another patient with diabetes) will have improved glycemic control compared with usual care patients.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Peer coaches have controlled diabetes, patient study subjects have poorly controlled diabetes.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

300

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
    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
        • San Francisco General Hospital

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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diabetes with most recent HbA1c 8 or above in past 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Dementia,
  • Life expectancy less than 6 months,
  • Inability to speak English or Spanish.

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

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Health coaching
Patients with poorly controlled diabetes will receive counseling from a peer health coach -- a patient with diabetes trained in health coaching
Behavioral: Health coaching
Peer health coaches will counsel patients with diabetes
Other Names:
  • Peer coaching
  • Peer coach
  • Peer support
Active Comparator: Usual care
Patients will receive usual care
Behavioral: Usual care
Patients will receive their usual medical care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
HbA1c level
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
LDL cholesterol level
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborators

American Academy of Family Physicians

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Thomas Bodenheimer, MD, University of California, San Francisco

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

August 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 28, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 29, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

December 30, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 21, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 7, 2022

Last Verified

March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • H40013-34104-01

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