Mobile Health Application for Diabetes

Last updated: October 17, 2019
Sponsor: University of South Alabama
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Diabetes Prevention

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Diabetes And Hypertension

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT04132089
1122
  • Ages > 21
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

Creation of a mobile health application for individuals with type II diabetes. This application was designed to improve knowledge, self-efficacy and self-care. The application delivered educational material and provided push notifications (messages). It also allowed for the participants to key in blood glucose levels, carbohydrate consumption and daily exercise.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must be at least 21 years of age or older

  • Current diagnosis of type II diabetes

  • Must have access to a smartphone and daily internet (WiFi)

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Anyone with gestational diabetes

Study Design

Total Participants: 20
Study Start date:
January 01, 2015
Estimated Completion Date:
April 01, 2017

Study Description

capABILITY (the mobile health application) was designed to cover three main diabetes content areas which the investigators call modules: diet (module 1), exercise (module 2) and self-management (module 3) (i.e. medication adherence, glucose monitoring). The length of the study was 9 weeks in duration with three weeks of content per module. Within each module new material was delivered each week through capABILITY. Essentially, every Monday started a new week's worth of educational material that was intended to last until Sunday. Each participant was randomly assigned to either the control group (no triggers), spark trigger group or facilitator trigger group. At the beginning of each module the participants would be randomly assigned to one of the three aforementioned classification groups (this was a 2-Factor Cross-Over Design).

The investigators utilized the Perceived Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale , Diabetes Knowledge Test developed by Michigan University, and the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Measures scale (SDSCA) . All the participants completed the perceived diabetes self-efficacy scale along with the knowledge test and SDSCA Pre/Post intervention. In addition, the participants answered one self-efficacy, knowledge, self-care and goal question at the conclusion of each week within capABILITY.