This study will test the preliminary efficacy of a joint patient/informal caregiver telephone-delivered intervention that includes diabetes education; problem solving around social needs; and behavioral activation for older African Americans with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes by randomizing 100 patient/caregiver dyads to the Joint Home intervention (n=50) and usual care (n=50) arms. The aims of the study are: Aim 1: To test the preliminary efficacy of home-based, joint patient and caregiver intervention (Joint Home-DM-BAT) on patient clinical outcomes (hemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, and LDL-Cholesterol). Aim 2: To test the preliminary efficacy of home-based, joint patient and caregiver intervention (Joint Home-DM-BAT) Joint Home DM-BAT on patient quality of life. Aim 3: To test the preliminary efficacy of home-based, joint patient and caregiver intervention (Joint Home-DM-BAT) on caregiver quality of life and caregiver burden.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
100
8 weekly sessions of telephone-delivered, manualized education on diabetes management, problem solving of social needs, and behavioral activation.
Diabetes education materials will be mailed weekly and monthly according to the booster schedule
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
RECRUITINGGlycemic Control (Hemoglobin A1C [HbA1C])
About 10cc of blood will be drawn by trained phlebotomists and sent to the lab for testing.
Time frame: Change in baseline HbA1C at 6 months post intervention follow-up
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