Shared Health Appointments and Reciprocal Enhanced Support

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

1536 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-25

Study Completion Date

2019-07-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a peer-to-peer program (P2P) in addition to Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) compared to SMAs alone for the treatment of diabetes in five VA health systems, and to study the implementation process in order to gather information required to disseminate the program more broadly in the VHA system.

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Detailed Description

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Providers are often unable to communicate as frequently as needed with diabetes patients who have poor risk factor control and face significant self-management challenges. Moreover, many VA patients face barriers to attending frequent face-to-face visits. This project will evaluate the implementation of a novel program found in a recent VA randomized, controlled trial to significantly improve VA patients' diabetes-specific social support, insulin starts, and glycemic control compared to usual nurse care management. The program uses periodic group sessions in conjunction with calls between paired patients with diabetes to promote more effective care management as well as peer-to-peer (P2P) communication among diabetes patients who both have poor glycemic control and are working on similar care goals. "Peer buddies" are encouraged to talk by phone at least weekly to provide mutual support and share their progress on meeting their self-management goals. The goal of this service is to enhance the effect of shared medical appointments (SMAs), a service model demonstrated to be effective in improving outcomes among patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions and now being widely implemented in VA. Based on the success of the efficacy trial of this intervention, the investigators now seek to evaluate a wider-scale implementation of this program. During implementation of the P2P program in conjunction with shared medical appointments (SMAs) in five diverse VA facilities, the investigators will evaluate the effectiveness of SMAs alone and SMAs+P2P compared to usual care, and study the implementation process in order to gather information required to disseminate the program more broadly in Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Conditions

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Diabetes Insipidus

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Active treatment

All those scheduled for a Shared Medical Appointment (SMA), regardless of whether the Peer to Peer (P2P) program was offered.

No interventions assigned to this group

Usual Care

The randomly selected sample of those not offered participation in a Shared Medical Appointment (SMA).

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Veterans enrolled into diabetes Shared Medical Appointments (SMAs) at participating sites, and a random subset of those meeting criteria for diabetes SMAs who have not yet participated:

* Veteran receiving care at a participating VA Medical Center
* Meets at least one of the following criteria in the past 2 years;

* at least 1 VA hospitalization with a diabetes-related International Classification Of Diseases-9 (ICD-9) code,
* at least 2 VA outpatient visits with a diabetes-related ICD-9 code, or
* At least 1 VA prescription for a glucose control medication (insulin or oral agent) or monitoring supplies
* Poor glycemic control, indicated by a HbA1c in the past 6 months or:

* at least 7.5% if age \<70, or
* at least 8% if age 70+
* Has a current address and telephone number listed in VA databases
* Is competent to provide informed consent
* Can communicate in English and by telephone
* Able to participate in an outpatient program

Exclusion Criteria

For no intervention control group:

* Active substance abuse disorder (smoking cigarettes is not an exclusion)
* Serious psychiatric illness (bipolar disorder, dementia, schizophrenia, or personality disorders)
* Terminally ill
* Prisoner

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No