CAPAZ-2D: Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Augment and Personalize Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Hispanic/Latinx Young Adults
Type 2 diabetes in increasing common in young adults. Utilizing a mixed-methods, community-based approach, this study offers continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to young adults with type 2 diabetes for 30 days, and collects both quantitative and qualitative data to understand barriers and facilitators of CGM use, participants' changes in awareness of glucose patterns while using the CGM, and preferences for a CGM-based self-management intervention.
• adult 18-45 years of age
• diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in the last 5 years, as evidenced in the electronic medical record
• no prior use or experience with wearable CGMs
• possession of a smart phone that is compatible with Dexcom CGM sensors (nearly all smartphones are compatible) and willing to download and utilize the Dexcom CGM app
• fluency in English or Spanish