
Digital Self-Management and Health Coaching for Type 2 Diabetes - Impact on Diabetes Clinical and...
Diabetes MellitusType 2Each subject enrolled in the study will be requested to complete an intake questionnaire including diabetes quality of life questions. The subject will use Dario Blood glucose monitoring system and will be contacted by a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) two to three times a month as well as have a direct communication using other communication channels such as mail, chat and text messaging (SMS) for lifestyle and diabetes management coaching for a total duration of three months. In the end of study, the subject will complete a diabetes quality of life questionnaire and have a blood test to evaluate its clinical parameters.

The Effect of Different States of Lipid in Food on Glycaemia, Lipaemia and Insulinaemia.
Diabetes MellitusType 21 moreThe aim of this study is to investigate if the application of lipid in various form (i.e. liquid and solid) affects glycaemia, lipaemia and insulinaemia. In addition, this study aims to test the lipidemic effects of the use of vegetable oil as a substitute in the application for making chocolate confectionery.

Family Intervention for Chinese Americans With Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 DiabetesThe goal of this pilot study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a family-oriented SMS intervention in 30 Chinese Americans with T2D and their family members. Participants will be randomized to one of 2 arms (n=15 each): 1) wait-list control and 2) SMS intervention. Both groups will continue to receive standard of care treatment for their T2D. The SMS group will receive brief lifestyle counseling videos via SMS links. At the end of the study, the wait-list control group will be provided the opportunity to receive the counseling videos.

Home-Based Intervention to the Diabetics
Diabetes MellitusType 21 moreWhy is the research needed? This study reflects the complexity of the process that patients with diabetes are experiencing when staying at home away from the supervision of health professionals. In this context, there is a gap in the literature on home care of diabetes. The barriers, facilitators and the other perceptions that affect each diabetic's compliance with the disease-related recommendation are different. Nurses need to be aware of this. For this reason, according to the Health Belief Model, an original study was conducted to evaluate the nursing intervention program's results on patient care and cost-effectiveness in a home for supporting self-management of diabetic patients. Hypotheses of the Study Patients with diabetes undergoing home-based nursing interventions in line with the Health Belief Model. H1: have higher mean scores for the Health Belief Model Scale than the control group. H2: have higher mean scores for the Self-Efficacy Scale than the control group. H3: have lower HbA1c levels than the control group. H4: have lower blood glucose levels (BGL) than the control group. H5: have lower blood pressure levels than the control group. H6: have lower BMI levels than the control group. H7: have fewer hospital admissions due to an acute or chronic complication than the control group. H8: have a lower complication-related cost rate than the control group.

Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on Improving Care for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients...
Diabete Type 2The International Diabetes Federation estimated that there were nearly 110 million diabetes mellitus (DM) patients in China, which was the highest number recorded in the world. In response to the rising patient numbers and costs, the Chinese government has invested heavily in primary healthcare, with the goal of improving chronic disease management in the primary care settings. A key part of the primary care improvement program prioritizes health education as a route to lifestyle modification. Although the content and modes of delivery vary enormously, most of the programs focused on providing information rather than facilitating patient change. The impacts of traditional patient education on lifestyle modification and changes in psychological status have been reported to be suboptimal. It is therefore necessary to rethink and explore a more structured, patient-centered approach to health education at improving the outcomes of DM control. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a collaborative, patient-centered counseling approach that aims to elicit behavior change.The focus of MI is to find and resolve the ambivalence, improve patients' perception of the importance of behavior change, and support them to make the change. MI provides a structural framework with guiding principles that can be easily followed by the primary care doctors. Some studies show that MI can contribute to improve healthy eating, weight control and increases in physical activity, but most research focused on intermediate outcome measures and did not evaluate the readiness to change. MI can be utilized by a variety of healthcare providers, which makes it adaptable for different culture and clinical settings. The effectiveness of MI in Chinese diabetic patients remains uncertain.Therefore, in this study, we adopted the group MI approach and developed a patient empowerment program (PEP) utilizing the techniques and framework of MI. We compared this to the most common form of DM education in China, a lecture on DM to patients and their carers in a hospital lecture theatre in a didactic manner. The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the MI approach in terms of patient lifestyle modification and improving DM controls compared to the control group in a non-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) design.

Using mHealth (Mobile Health) to Optimize Glycemic Control in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: Proof...
DiabetesThe objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a diet-related mHealth (mobile health) intervention on glycated hemoglobin among adults with type 2 diabetes. The study hypothesizes that using mHealth influences food literacy and dietary behavior and may result in a reduction of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) by at least 0. 3% in 12 weeks in adults with type 2 diabetes. This study will be conducted in Nakuru County, a cosmopolitan county located in Northwestern Kenya. Participants will be eligible to be included in the study if they will meet the following criteria: (i) adults over the age of 18 years; (ii) diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the previous 1 year and obtaining care at a participating level 4 hospital; (iii) able to read and write English or Swahili Language; (iv) currently own and able to read and send mobile text messages using any phone. Participants will be excluded if they are on dialysis or pregnant. The primary outcome measure will be HbA1c, which shall be measured at baseline and at the end of the intervention. Secondary outcome measures will include fasting plasma Glucose (FPG), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG) and high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C). Other secondary outcome measures will include anthropometric measurements (weight, height, waist and hip circumferences) and behaviour change (changes in dietary intake of legumes, fruits and vegetables). Additionally, mHealth satisfaction shall be assessed at 12 weeks and 24 weeks post-intervention to assess the sustainability of the intervention.

The Genetics of Adipose Tissue Function and Its Link to Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease
Diabetes MellitusObesity is a major risk factor for Type 2 diabetes. However, two obese people of the same height and weight can have very different risks of the condition. As a greater proportion of the population is becoming obese, scientists need to understand more about why some people develop Type 2 diabetes at lower weight and why some people stay healthy despite being obese. The investigators and others provided evidence for genetic factors associated with higher weight for a given height but lower risk of diabetes, lower cholesterol and fat levels, lower blood pressure and lower risk of heart disease. The investigators showed that people who carry these genetic factors are able to store extra fat in a safe place, which is under the skin, as they gain weight. The proposed project aims to establish whether or not these genetic factors are associated with better development and function of fat tissue in storing extra fat. It is thought that a healthy and functional fat tissue in the human body has a key role in modifying the risk of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and hypertension. Volunteers from Exeter 10,000 who gave their permission to contact them about further research will be recruited to the study. In those that agree, detailed body size measures, including body composition assessments by the BodPodTM machine will be recorded, a blood sample will be collected, and a small subcutaneous abdominal fat biopsy will be collected to measure fat cell size and from which a sample will be stored for future analyses. The results between people with and without the particular genetic changes of interest will be compared. Knowing more about these genetic changes and how fat cells work could help to improve understanding of the factors that predispose, delay or protect obese individuals from Type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disturbances.

New Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes - Online Education
Type 2 DiabetesTo determine the effect of online education given to individuals with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes on metabolic control, self-care and health literacy. A randomized controlled trial. This study was conducted with 95 new diagnosed diabetes patients in the Endocrine Polyclinic of a university hospital. Personal Information Form, Diabetes Self-Care Activities Scale and Health Literacy Scale were used to evaluate the data. SPSS 21 program was used in the analysis of the data and a p<0.05 level was considered significant.

Efficacy of the Digital Platform for Diabetes Care Compared to Usual Care in Patients Diagnosed...
Type 2 Diabetes Treated With InsulinIntroduction: In patients diagnosed with DM2, it is essential to achieve good metabolic control. One of the tools to optimize said control is self-monitoring with capillary glucometry or SMBG (Self Monitoring of Blood Glucose), which is indicated in all patients treated with insulin and is part of the "treat to target" strategies associated with education. Despite this, many patients do not perform self-titration of insulin due to the number of capillary glucose measurements (CG) necessary, or they do not record them adequately, which leads to therapeutic inertia. Digital platforms integrated with the use of smart mobile devices facilitate this process, and in experimental settings, they have shown a significant decrease in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and an increase in adherence to therapy. However, at the moment there are no data about the efficacy of this system in the real population. Objective: To determine the effectiveness of the use of a digital platform for diabetes care, in terms of HbA1c reduction, compared with the usual treatment, in patients with DM2 under follow-up in a chronic patient care center. Methodology: A controlled clinical study will be carried out. Patients with a diagnosis of DM2, under follow-up in specialized centers, with poor glycemic control defined by HbA1c outside the goals and who have been discharged from a high complexity hospital will be included. Demographic, clinical, and insulin requirement variables will be recorded according to the total daily dose of insulin (DDT) in units. They will be randomly distributed into two groups; the intervention group will use SMBG integrated with a digital platform for diabetes care and the control group will use SMBG associated with usual care for 3 months. A comparison will be made between HbA1c levels, the number of episodes of severe hypoglycemia, nocturnal hypoglycemia, at baseline and 3 months.

Investigation of the Effect of Web-based Education on Self-Care Management and Family Support in...
Diabetes Type 2This is a quasi-experimental study that was carried out to examine the effect of the web-based education given to female individuals using insulin with Type 2 diabetes on self-care management and family support. Methods A randomized controlled trial using a sample (N=66) of women with type 2 diabetes who admitted to the hospital's outpatient clinic in 2020. The intervention group received web-based education for six months. Socio-demographic data, metabolic values, "Diabetes Self-Care Scale" and "Family Support and Conflict Scale in Type 2 Diabetes" were used.