Boosting Emotional Well-being and Happiness in Outpatients Living With Diabetes

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Conditions studied: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

In brief

The focus of this study is to test the efficacy of an 8-week, remotely delivered, positive-psychology-motivational interviewing (PP-MI) intervention, with additional twice weekly text messages for a total of 16 weeks (with interactive, algorithm-driven, goal-focused text messages in the final 8 weeks), compared to MI-alone, in a randomized trial of 280 individuals with type 2 diabetes and low baseline physical activity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05420051

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

280

Starts

2022-10-12

Expected to finish

2027-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
• Low physical activity (<150 minutes/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity)

You may not qualify if…

• Cognitive deficits impeding a participant's ability to provide informed consent or participate
• Medical conditions likely to lead to death within 6 months.
• Pre-existing coronary artery disease
• Moderate-severe depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9] score ≥15)
• Use of non-basal insulin
• Inability to participate in physical activity due to another medical condition
• Inability to receive text messages
• Inability to read, write, or speak in English
• Current participation in another intervention or program that has been designed to promote well-being or physical activity

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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