The EMPATHy Toolkit: Helping Diabetes Patients Overcome Barriers to Medication Adherence

Completed · Early Phase 1

Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

In brief

The proposed study is a pilot study to gather data on the effectiveness and feasibility of a software tool (EMPATHy) to help patients communicate effectively with doctors about problems they face with their medication regimens. EMPATHy will be incorporated into an existing clinic-based intervention called Coached Care, in which community health workers (CHWs, non-professional community members) work as a "Coach" to patients to help them improve engagement and communication during the medical visit.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02324036

Run by

University of California, Irvine

People needed

190

Starts

2014-12-01

Expected to finish

2015-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients will be recruited from the University of California Irvine Federally Qualified Health Center family medicine clinic sites in Santa Ana and Anaheim with the following inclusion criteria:
• age 18 and older;
• have poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (as indicated by HbA1c>7.5%, LDL cholesterol >100 mg/dl or systolic blood pressure > 140),
• be of Hispanic ethnicity,
• speak English or Spanish.
• These data are available to the research team in an automated report emailed to the lead researcher every week in his role as coordinator of the routine care Coaching program. This report includes a list of upcoming appointments for patients who meet these inclusion criteria.

Where it is running

• Health Policy Research Institute — Irvine, California, United States

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