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Effectiveness of a community health worker intervention among African American and Latino adults with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial

Author: Spencer, M. S. Country/countries: N/A Number of patients participating in the study: 183 This study was focused on patients living with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Intervention components: UC
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Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+AB+EB
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Setting of implementation: Community-based care Professionals delivering the intervention: Social worker Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Physical management, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Effekt Messgröße Tool
Blood-pressure Systolic pressure N/A
Blood-pressure Diastolic pressure N/A
HbA1C Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) N/A
Lipid profile LDL-Cholesterol N/A
Weight (management) BMI - Body Mass Index N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 52.8 years (+/- a standard deviation of 11.13) Gender: 116 females/48 males Time since diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: N/A Severity of the disease: 8.55 (+/- a standard deviation of 0.5) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Effekt Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Blood-pressure - Systolic pressure
Blood-pressure - Diastolic pressure
HbA1C - Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)
Lipid profile - LDL-Cholesterol
Weight (management) - BMI - Body Mass Index

Other publications associated with this study

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Detroit Partnership: Improving Diabetes-Related Outcomes Among African American and Latino Adults Link: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.066134 The Development, Implementation, and Process Evaluation of the REACH Detroit Partnership’s Diabetes Lifestyle Intervention Link: 10.1177/0145721707301371