The purpose of this study is to prevent the professional drivers from pre-diabetes to diabetes.
Mobile phone use is almost a routine part of society worldwide. All mobile phones can deliver and receive short-messaging service text messages, providing a perfect medium for delivering information and support. Since short-messaging service is little exploited in clinical research or practice in Chinese population, this study examined the effectiveness of one-way messaging which is less expensive and is easier to undertake. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of using SMS to provide pre-diabetes and diabetes information by promoting healthy lifestyle modification and reducing the two-hour post-glucose loading plasma glucose, the risk of acquiring Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among professional drivers with pre-diabetes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
104
A computer-based text message database was created. Messages prompted subjects to get rid of smoking and eating out, to persevere with the quit smoking attempt with the emphasis on the peer pressure on the smoking cessation by the smoking ban in restaurants. They encouraged them to overcome the barriers of healthy eating diet and physical activity with a block of text messages.
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Diabetes Centre, Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
incidence rate of DM
the incidence rate of DM during first year 12-month period
Time frame: Follow-up in 12 months
Body mass index
Time frame: Baseline, follow-up in 12 months and 24 months
Waist Circumference
Time frame: Baseline, follow-up in 12 months and 24 months
Fasting Glucose
Fasting plasma glucose and two-hour post-meal loading plasma glucose
Time frame: Baseline, follow-up in 12 months and 24 months
Blood pressure
Systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure
Time frame: Baseline, follow-up in 12 months and 24 months
Lipid profile
Total cholesterol, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol
Time frame: Baseline, follow-up in 12 months and 24 months
incidence of DM
incidence of DM for first two year 24-month period
Time frame: Follow-up in 24 months
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