Person-centred Interactive Self-management Support in Primary Healthcare for People With Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Type 2
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Diabetes Type 2 focused on measuring Self-management, Primary Health Care, eHealth
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes within the last five years
- 18 years of age or older
- Ability to read and communicate in Swedish
- Own a smart phone
Exclusion Criteria:
- 81 years and over at inclusion
- Life-threatening physical illness (e.g. cancer)
- Documented cognitive impairment
- Those not responsible for their own self care
- Those not residing in their own home environment (e.g. those in nursing homes, in-patient hospital wards)
Sites / Locations
- Department of Nursing, Umeå UniversityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Other
Other
Intervention arm
Control arm
External comparison group
Participants in the intervention group will receive usual care, and also use a diabetesapp and a homepage and advice personally tailored according to the personal needs to provide support for them to manage e.g. food choices, exercise, medicine, blood sugars and emotional adaptation.
Participants in the control group will receive usual care and also take part in a minimal intervention in the form of a brochure on the importance of self-management in diabetes.
An external comparison group will be recruited from two other primary health care centers in order to analyse possible Hawthorne effects.