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

University of California, San Francisco300 enrolled

Overview

Patients with diabetes who are counseled by a peer coach (another patient with diabetes) will have improved glycemic control compared with usual care patients.

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

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

300

Conditions

Diabetes Type 2

Interventions

Usual careBEHAVIORAL

Patients will receive their usual medical care

Health coachingBEHAVIORAL

Peer health coaches will counsel patients with diabetes

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

San Francisco General Hospital

San Francisco, California, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

HbA1c level

Time frame: 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

LDL cholesterol level

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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