Mobile Health App to Reduce Diabetes in Latina Women

Environment and Health Group, Inc.18 enrolled

Overview

The proposed project sought to develop a culturally- and individually-tailored, plain-language Spanish/English mobile phone intervention for Latinas with prior gestational diabetes (GDM). The intervention is based on earlier in-person to online modification of the CDC-funded Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), for women with prior GDM led by co-investigator Dr. Ellen Seely of Brigham and Women's Hospital.

The specific aims of the study were as follows: Primary Aim 1: Develop a culturally-tailored mobile phone intervention for Latinas with prior GDM based on Brigham \& Women's Hospital online DPP. Primary Aim 2: Conduct a pilot trial of the intervention. Primary Aim 3:Evaluate implementation feasibility.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Gestational Diabetes

Interventions

Mobile health app called "Hola Bebe"BEHAVIORAL

For the pilot, all participants received a mobile app that contained 6 interactive audio/written modules in Spanish and English on the following topics: healthy eating; physical activity; portion control; eating healthy while eating out; eating out in Chinese, Italian, Mexican restaurants; and eating out in fast food restaurants. As noted above, the mobile app was customizable to include personalized activity reminders/notifications, and tailored action plans, along with videos for easy at-home exercises and user-friendly, easy-to-follow recipes.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 19 YearsMax age: 45 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Latina women * ages 19-45 * with prior gestational diabetes by Carpenter and Coustan criteria * within the past 5 year validated by medical record review * own an Android or iOS smartphone. Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of pre-pregnancy diabetes(type 1,2, or secondary diabetes) * underlying disease that might interfere with participation in study (e.g.,significant gastrointestinal conditions) * taking certain medications (e.g., glucocorticoids) * pregnancy/undergoing infertility treatment.

Locations (1)

Environment and Health Group

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sallis Self Efficacy for Healthy Eating Scale

20 item survey that asks respondents to rate, on a 5-point scale, their confident motivating themselves to eat healthy on a regular basis for at least six months.

Time frame: eight weeks

Sallis Self Efficacy for Physical Activity Scale

12 item survey that asks respondents to rate, on a 5-point scale, their confidence at motivating themselves to exercise on a regular basis for at least six months.

Time frame: eight weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Body weight

Time frame: eight weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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