The 3-month face-to-face Partners in Care intervention will be community-based and community-led by trained community peer educators from these four partnering community organizations. The intervention involves 12 weekly, group lessons with each lesson lasting about 1 and 1/2 hours. Individuals with a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c; average blood sugar levels) greater than or equal to 7% will be recruited for the study because they represent the most at-risk for diabetes-related complications. Over a 3-year accrual period, the community partners will recruit and enroll 150 eligible NHs and PPs, as well as deliver and evaluate the intervention in their respective community settings. The primary outcomes of our study are hemoglobin A1c and self-reported diabetes specific quality of life. Secondary outcomes are cholesterol levels (including HDL, LDL, total cholesterol, and triglycerides), blood pressure, body mass index, and psychosocial adaptation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
47
The diabetes self-management intervention is titled, "Partners in Care," emphasizing that there are many individuals and groups that one can call upon to assist with managing one's diabetes. The content includes practical behavioral strategies to improve diabetes self-management practices. The 12 week curriculum provides a basic overview of diabetes and self-management activities, standards of care recommended by the American Diabetes Association, strategies to improve patient-provider communication, support needed for diabetes self-management, information about diabetes medications, and ways to avoid diabetes-related complications.
Department of Native Hawaiian Health, University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Hemoglobin A1c
change in hemoglobin A1c from baseline to 3-months
Time frame: 3 months
Problem Areas in Diabetes
The Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) will be used to assess diabetes specific quality of life. Change in PAID score from baseline to 3-months
Time frame: 3 months
Total Cholesterol (including HDL and LDL)
change in cholesterol from baseline to 3 months
Time frame: 3 months
Triglycerides
change in triglycerides from baseline to 3 months
Time frame: 3 months
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