Diabetes Learning in Virtual Environments Just In Time for Community reEntry (Diabetes LIVE JustICE)

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The proposed study will use a randomized clinical trial design with non-equivalent control group and longitudinal design to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of the Diabetes LIVE JustICE application. The design will incorporate repeated measures at 0, 6, and 12 weeks. Outcome variables will include recruitment assessments, participation, engagement, user experience, and measures proximally related to behavior change - e.g., diabetes knowledge, diabetes-related distress, diabetes self-care, and social support and clinical outcomes -e.g., glycemic control. Focus group interviewing will be conducted to evaluate acceptability among intervention group participants.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
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⁃ Individuals will be eligible to participate if they:

• have Type 1 or 2 diabetes

• are age 18 and older

• can speak and understand English

• have been released directly from one of five Connecticut prisons to supervised community housing or parole

Locations
United States
Connecticut
University of Connecticut
RECRUITING
Storrs
University of Connecticut
RECRUITING
Storrs Mansfield
Contact Information
Primary
Lousie Reagan, PhD
louise.reagan@uconn.edu
860-486-0593
Backup
Stephen Walsh, ScD
stephen.walsh@uconn.edu
860-486-0544
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-04-30
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12-15
Participants
Target number of participants: 128
Treatments
Active_comparator: Control
Participants randomized to the control group will receive enhanced pre-release diabetes education with registered or licensed practical nurse-delivered diabetes education about medications and insulin administration supplemented with the literacy tailored diabetes education packets used in the principal investigator's prior research.
Experimental: Intervention
Because eight avatars plus the educator avatar are allowed in the VE classroom at one time, we will cap enrollment for the feasibility study to allow for CHW and CDE training and the opportunity to work together during LIVE JustICE sessions. The DSMES will consist of six synchronous 1-hour education sessions and an hour support session for participants living in supervised community housing in the experimental group. We will run the six-week series sequentially a total of eleven times over 18 months. LIVE JustICE sessions will be held conveniently for participants, and days/times rotated if needed.
Sponsors
Collaborators: American Diabetes Association
Leads: Louise Reagan

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov