A Telehealth Diabetes Intervention for Rural Populations: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Michelle L Litchman, Bethany M Kwan, Linda Zittleman, Juliana Simonetti, Eli Iacob, Kristen Curcija, Julie Neuberger, Gwen Latendress, Tamara K Oser, Michelle L Litchman, Bethany M Kwan, Linda Zittleman, Juliana Simonetti, Eli Iacob, Kristen Curcija, Julie Neuberger, Gwen Latendress, Tamara K Oser

Abstract

Background: Diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) is a crucial component of diabetes care associated with improved clinical, psychosocial, and behavioral outcomes. The American Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Academy of Family Physicians all recommend DSMES yet accessing linguistically and culturally appropriate DSMES is challenging in rural areas. The Diabetes One-Day (D1D) program is an established DSMES group intervention that has not been adapted or evaluated in rural communities.

Objective: The specific aims of this paper are (1) to adapt the existing D1D program for use in rural communities, called rural D1D (R-D1D); and (2) to conduct a patient-level randomized controlled trial to examine the effects of R-D1D and standard patient education, guided by the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance framework.

Methods: This is a protocol for a pilot type II hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of a culturally adapted virtual DSMES program for rural populations, R-D1D. We will use Boot Camp Translation, a process grounded in the principles of community-based participatory research, to adapt an existing DSMES program for rural populations, in both English and Spanish. Participants at 2 rural primary care clinics (4 cohorts of N=16 plus care partners, 2 in English and 2 in Spanish) will be randomized to the intervention or standard education control. The evaluation is guided by the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance framework. Patient-level effectiveness outcomes (hemoglobin A1c, diabetes distress, and diabetes self-care behaviors) will be assessed using patient-reported outcomes measures and a home A1c test kit. Practice-level and patient-level acceptability and feasibility will be assessed using surveys and interviews.

Results: This study is supported by the National Institute of Nursing. The study procedures were approved, and the adaptation processes have been completed. Recruitment and enrollment started in July 2021.

Conclusions: To our knowledge, this will be the first study to evaluate both effectiveness and implementation outcomes for virtually delivered DSMES, culturally adapted for rural populations. This research has implications for delivery to other rural locations where access to specialty diabetes care is limited.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04600622; https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT04600622.

International registered report identifier (irrid): DERR1-10.2196/34255.

Keywords: Spanish; adapt; community; community-based participatory research; diabetes; framework; implementation; implementation science; intervention; participatory; protocol; randomized controlled trial; rural; telehealth.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: MLL received investigator-initiated trial funding from Abbott Diabetes Care and is on the DiabetesWise Professional Advisory Committee unrelated to this study. TKO serves as a consultant to Dexcom, Cecilia Health, and DiabetesWise Professional Advisory Committee unrelated to this study.

©Michelle L Litchman, Bethany M Kwan, Linda Zittleman, Juliana Simonetti, Eli Iacob, Kristen Curcija, Julie Neuberger, Gwen Latendress, Tamara K Oser. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 14.06.2022.

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Intervention logic model. D1D: Diabetes One-Day; R-D1D: Rural Diabetes One-Day.

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