Healthy Outcomes through Peer Educators: Feasibility of a peer support diabetes prevention programme for African‐American grandmother caregivers
Authors' conclusion
This viable study met the aim of educating and equipping AA grandmothers with the practical and sustained support needed to work toward better health for themselves and their grandchildren, who may be at risk for diabetes. The intervention was both feasible and acceptable to participating grandmothers and their organizations.
Study context
- Population
- African-American grandmother caregivers at risk for diabetesof 45 screened
- Participants
- 35 participants
- Comparison
- Diabetes prevention programme (DPP) plus HOPE peer support vs DPP
- Primary endpoint
- Protocol feasibility (recruitment, outcome assessment and participation adherence rates) and intervention acceptability (end-of-programme focus groups)
Methodological detailsfeasibility, community-based, randomized 2:1, active comparator
- Feasibility
- Community-based
- Randomized 2:1
- Active comparator
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Feasibility: enrolment and retention · up to Week 48
- Consented and enrolled of those screened
- 78% (n = 35)
- Retained up to Week 48, overall
- 80%
Further findings
| Outcome | DPP + HOPE | DPP |
|---|---|---|
| Mean change in body weight from baseline · Month 12 | mean - 4.4 ± 5.7 kg | mean −3.5 ± 5.5 kg |
| Interval | −0.59, −8.2 | −0.68, −6.29 |
Original publication
Healthy Outcomes through Peer Educators: Feasibility of a peer support diabetes prevention programme for African‐American grandmother caregivers. Diabetes Obes Metab. Published 3 April 2024. doi:10.
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