Effect of Education With Mobile App on Metabolic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

NCT ID: NCT06278571

Last Updated: 2025-04-24

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

480 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-01-30

Study Completion Date

2025-09-03

Brief Summary

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The objective of this study is to compare the effect of education through a mobile application with medical and nutritional reinforcement on the metabolic control of Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes attending primary care clinics in Mexico.

The research question is: What is the effect of education through a mobile application with medical and nutritional reinforcement vs.

nutritional and medical reinforcement, versus an educational platform to influence the metabolic control of patients with type 2 diabetes? Multicenter clinical trial in six family medicine units of the Mexican Institute of Social Security. These selected units are: UMF 9, UMF 28, UMF 7, UMF 1, UMF 9 and UMF 10.

Patients with type 2 diabetes will be randomly assigned to the educational intervention through the educational site, (n=160 patients), two clinics will be assigned for the use of the mobile App and the educational site (n=160 patients), and two clinics will be part of the control group (n=160 patients).

Detailed Description

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Groups with educational website Participants will be invited to review the site at least once a week. There will be access to social networks and experts' blog for interaction with the patient, as well as an email for doubts with the researchers. The educational site has different educational modules that the patient can review dynamically, reinforcement messages and didactic activities at the end of each module to reinforce the learning acquired. The user will have free access to the educational platform. The educational site will automatically record the number of visits, modules and date of review and will be stored in a database. The above in order to measure adherence to the educational platform.

Groups with educational site and App for reinforcement This group will have access to the App-DM2, which will be installed on the cell phones of patients with diabetes, will have a record for a family member who will serve as a support network for the review of the APP-DM2. It will be compatible with the Android platform. At the beginning of the study the researchers will register each patient and they will receive via SMS message and/or email. The software will be compatible with both Android Smartphone. The investigator will ask the patient to download the application for their initial visit and review it on subsequent visits.

The control group will receive personalized counseling at the beginning of the study, both medical and nutritional, and will continue with their usual medical treatment provided in their family medicine units.

All patients will be scheduled at 3, 6 and 12 months of follow-up for capillary glucose, blood pressure, anthropometry and body composition measurements as follow-up and monitoring measures. In all patients at baseline, 6 and 12 months, venous blood biochemical, clinical, anthropometric and dietary variables will be measured and used for statistical analysis.

Conditions

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Female

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Multicenter clinical trial
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants
Participants are unaware of other intervention arms

Study Groups

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Intervention with mobile application and website

Group with educational site and mobile App

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Educational intervention with App and web site education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This group will only receive intervention with access to the educational website from home, where they will review the different modules focused on diabetes care, nutrition and exercise. in addition to the usual medical care by your treating physician.

Educational interventión with web site education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This group will receive, in addition to nutritional therapy, diabetes education through an educational site, to learn more about the most important aspects of diabetes care. In addition to the usual medical care by your treating physician.

Group with educational site

Group with educational site

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Educational interventión with web site education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

This group will receive, in addition to nutritional therapy, diabetes education through an educational site, to learn more about the most important aspects of diabetes care. In addition to the usual medical care by your treating physician.

Control group with nutritional therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

This group will receive only the usual medical care by your treating physician.

Control Group

Group with the usual care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Educational intervention with App and web site education

This group will only receive intervention with access to the educational website from home, where they will review the different modules focused on diabetes care, nutrition and exercise. in addition to the usual medical care by your treating physician.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Educational interventión with web site education

This group will receive, in addition to nutritional therapy, diabetes education through an educational site, to learn more about the most important aspects of diabetes care. In addition to the usual medical care by your treating physician.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control group with nutritional therapy

This group will receive only the usual medical care by your treating physician.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients with type 2 diabetes.
* Enrolled as beneficiaries of the Mexican Social Security Institute.
* With HbA1 greater than 7% and less than 13%.
* With and without pharmacological treatment for diabetes (hypoglycemic agents or insulin).
* Who can read and write.
* With ≤ 60 years of age7.
* With ≤10 years of diabetes diagnosis.

Exclusion Criteria

* chronic kidney disease with renal replacement therapy
* blindness
* lower limb amputation
* cancer
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Coordinación de Investigación en Salud, Mexico

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Lubia Velazquez, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UIEC. HGR 1. IMSS

Locations

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Instituto Mexicano Del Seguro Social

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

Site Status

Countries

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Mexico

References

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Torres San Miguel GP, Sevilla Gonzalez ML, Lopez Ramirez E, Flores Lopez MF, Velazquez Lopez L. Effect of a Mediterranean Diet Adapted to the Mexican Population on Indicators of Metabolic Risk in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Aug 21;14:e72513. doi: 10.2196/72513.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40839868 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R-2018-785-100

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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