SMS Technology for the Promotion of Diabetes Education and Self-Management in Egypt

NCT ID: NCT02868320

Last Updated: 2016-08-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

73 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-04-30

Study Completion Date

2015-07-31

Brief Summary

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This study was conducted at the teaching hospital of Misr University for Science \& Technology. It aimed to examine the use of SMS technology in educating and monitoring diabetic patients in Egypt, and assess the impact of educational text messages on their glycemic control and self-management behaviors. Participants were randomized into an intervention and a control group. Intervention patients received an instruction booklet as well as daily educational and weekly reminder messages to better control their diabetes. Control patients received the same instruction booklet but no SMS messages. Both group patients took an HbA1c test at the beginning and end of the study period and were asked to measure their blood glucose once a week and record their readings into a monitoring table over 12 weeks. The primary outcome was the change in HbA1c levels, which was expected to be greater among intervention patients at the end of the study. Secondary outcomes included blood glucose levels, treatment and medication adherence, diabetes self-efficacy, rate of hospital/ER visits, frequency of blood glucose measurement, among others.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Diabetes Mellitus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention group

This group received a diabetes instruction booklet in addition to daily educational SMS messages and weekly reminders

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

SMS messages

Intervention Type OTHER

Daily educational messages addressing the following categories: diet, exercise, complications, medications, foot care, blood sugar testing, and hypo- and hyperglycemia.

Weekly reminder messages of blood glucose testing.

Instruction booklet

Intervention Type OTHER

General detailed instructions addressing the same SMS categories.

Control group

This group only received a diabetes instruction booklet

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Instruction booklet

Intervention Type OTHER

General detailed instructions addressing the same SMS categories.

Interventions

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SMS messages

Daily educational messages addressing the following categories: diet, exercise, complications, medications, foot care, blood sugar testing, and hypo- and hyperglycemia.

Weekly reminder messages of blood glucose testing.

Intervention Type OTHER

Instruction booklet

General detailed instructions addressing the same SMS categories.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* has diabetes
* owns a mobile phone
* can read SMS messages or lives with someone that can read for them.

Exclusion Criteria

* cannot read or not SMS familiar and lives alone
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Misr University for Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hannover Medical School

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Haitham Abaza

Doctoral candidate at PLRI Institute for Medical Informatics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Haitham Abaza

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

PLRI Institute for Medical Informatics, Hannover Medical School

Michael Marschollek

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

PLRI Institute for Medical Informatics, Hannover Medical School

Locations

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Misr University for Science & Technology (MUST) hospital

Giza, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

References

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Abaza H, Marschollek M. SMS education for the promotion of diabetes self-management in low & middle income countries: a pilot randomized controlled trial in Egypt. BMC Public Health. 2017 Dec 19;17(1):962. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4973-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29258499 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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DiabAwPro

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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