Effects of a culturally tailored, family‐supported, community‐based self management education and support programme on clinical outcomes among adults with type 2 diabetes in Western Ethiopia: A pilot randomised controlled trial
Primary result · HbA1cResult — go to the resultβ −1.667Authors' conclusion
A culturally tailored, social cognitive theory-guided, family-supported, community-based DSME programme could have a benefit on HbA1c and triglycerides. A full RCT is warranted to test the effectiveness of the DSMES programme.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with T2D and their caregivers (participant-caregiver dyads), Western Ethiopia
- Participants
- 76 participant-caregiver dyads
- Comparison
- Culturally tailored, family-supported, community-based diabetes self management education and support (DSMES) plus usual care vs usual care
- Primary endpoint
- Change in HbA1c between baseline and 2-month follow-up between the groups
- Follow-up
- 2-month follow-up
Methodological detailspilot, two-arm
- Pilot
- Two-arm
Primary result
HbA1c
β
−1.667
P < 0.001
As reported in the abstract
- HbA1c decrease in intervention group
- 12 mmol/mol (1.1%)
Secondary outcomes
Triglycerides
- Significant improvement with medium effect size (Cohen's d)
- −0.50
Blood pressure, BMI, total cholesterol, LDL and HDL lipoproteins
- Nonsignificant small to moderate effects vs usual care (Cohen's d)
- −0.123 to 0.34
Original publication
Effects of a culturally tailored, family‐supported, community‐based self management education and support programme on clinical outcomes among adults with type 2 diabetes in Western Ethiopia: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Diabet Med. Published 4 April 2023. doi:10.
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