Stories for Change: Digital Storytelling Intervention for Diabetes Self-Management in the COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT ID: NCT04738032

Last Updated: 2021-02-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 76 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-08-26
• Study Completion Date: 2021-01-07

Brief Summary

Hispanic adults are twice as likely to have type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and 1.5 times more likely to die from the disease than non-Hispanic whites. These disparities are mediated, in part, by less healthful levels of physical activity, dietary quality, medication adherence, and self-monitoring of blood glucose than non-Hispanic whites. Innovative approaches that arise from affected communities are needed to address these health disparities.

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) has been successful in targeting health issues among Hispanic and immigrant populations; CBPR is an effective approach for addressing health behaviors in a sociocultural context. In 2004, the research team developed a CBPR partnership between immigrant communities and academic institutions called Rochester Healthy Community Partnership (RHCP)

Storytelling or narrative-based interventions are designed to incorporate culture-centric health messaging to promote behavior change among vulnerable populations. Digital storytelling interventions are narrative-based videos elicited through a CBPR approach to surface the authentic voices of individuals overcoming obstacles toward engaging in health promoting behaviors to shape positive health behaviors of viewers through influences on attitudes and beliefs.

RHCP partners from Hispanic communities identified T2D as a priority area for intervention, and have co-created each of the formative phases leading up to this proposal. Narrative theory and social cognitive theory formed the conceptual basis for intervention development. The study team conducted surveys and focus groups to derive the approach and personnel for building an authentic intervention that was created in a digital storytelling workshop where stories about diabetes self-management were captured, recorded, and edited to derive the final intervention products in video forma. The respective digital storytelling videos were pilot tested with 25 patients across healthcare institutions in Minnesota and Arizona. The intervention was rated as highly acceptable, culturally relevant, and perceived as efficacious for motivating behavioral change.

The overall objective of this project is therefore to assess the efficacy of a digital storytelling intervention derived through a CBPR approach on self-management of T2D among Hispanic adults during a pandemic.

Detailed Description

The study team will conduct an observational trial in a virtual settings at two healthcare institutions among 80 Hispanic adults with poorly controlled T2D (hemoglobin A1c≥8%) who participated in a parent study, but were previously randomized to the Control group. The participants will view the 12-minute digital storytelling video, as well as completed a brief survey regarding how the pandemic may have affected their diabetes self-care.

Conditions

Type2 Diabetes

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: OTHER

Interventions

Digital Storytelling Intervention

12-minute digital storytelling intervention in Spanish, with four individuals explaining their personal Type 2 Diabetes stories.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Self-identifies as Hispanic or Latino.
• Between 18 and 70 years of age.
• Participated in the parent study

Exclusion Criteria

• Does not self-identifies as Hispanic or Latino.
• Is not between 18 and 70 years of age.
• Did not participated in the parent study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Mountain Park Health Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Mayo Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mark L Wieland

Mark Wieland, MD, MPH

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Mountain Park Health Center

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Hennepin Healthcare

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

20-006354

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id