Using Peer Mentors to Support PACT Team Efforts to Improve Diabetes Control

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Conditions studied: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a peer mentor model in a mixed race population of poorly controlled diabetic Veterans. Also, the study aims to assess the effects of becoming a mentor on those who originally were mentees. It is expected that participants in the peer mentoring arms (Arm 2 and 3) will have improved glucose control regardless of race or ethnicity at the end of the intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01651117

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

480

Starts

2012-09-01

Expected to finish

2018-10-08

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-30

Who can join

Age: 30 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion Criteria:
• All participants must have a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetics.
• Diabetes began after age 30
• Mentees: Have an HbA1c > 8% on 2 different occasions in the course of 24 months, with at least one measure within 3 months of enrollment
• Mentors for Phase 1: Had an HbA1c of > 8% in the past 3 years and an HbA1c < (or equal to) 7.5% within 3 months of enrollment
• Mentors for Phase 2: Former mentee

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion Criteria:
• Does not speak English
• Unable to understand consents
• Severe speech impediment
• over the age of 75

Where it is running

• Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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