1. From clinic to community: Using peer support as a transition model for improving long- term diabetes-related health outcomes

STUDY DETAILS
  • This study is a randomized controlled trial comparing usual care to a 12-month peer-led, telephone-based diabetes self-management support (DSMS) intervention designed to improve long-term diabetes-related health outcomes. Patients randomized to the intervention arm were paired with a peer leader (PL) and received six weekly contacts (face-to-face and telephone support) from their PL in the first 3 months followed by 18 bi-weekly telephone support contacts over the last 9 months. The goal of the intervention was to help patients improve glycemic control and diabetes distress and sustain these health benefits over the long-term. To achieve this goal, PLs will address 3 key functions of peer support that include assisting patients in the daily management of their diabetes, providing social and emotional support, and linking patients to clinical care resources.

    • Clinic to Community

    • Sponsor: Diabetes Canada
    • Publication: Tang TS, Afshar R, Elliott T, Kong J, Gill S. Study protocol and baseline characteristics: From clinic to community: Using peer support as a transition model for improving long-term diabetes-related health outcomes. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2019; 79, 104-10. PMID: 30739001
    • Afshar R, Sidhu R, Afshari R, Askari AS, Sherifali D, Camp P, Cox S, Guhn M, Tang TS. Profiling “Success”: Demographic and Personality Predictors of Effective Peer Leaders in a Diabetes Self-Management Randomized Controlled Trial. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 2022.
    • Afshar R, Askari AS, Sidhu R, Cox S, Sherafali D, Camp P Guhn M, Tang TS. Out of the mouths of Peer Leaders: Perspectives on how to improve a telephone-based peer support intervention in type 2 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine (accepted for publication).
    • Tang TS, Afshar R, Elliott T, Kong J, Gill S. From clinic to community: A randomized controlled trial of a peer support model for adults with type 2 diabetes from specialty care settings in British Columbia. Diabet Med. 2022 Nov;39(11):e14931. doi: 10.1111/dme.14931. Epub 2022 Sep 2. PMID: 36052812.
    • Seddigh S, Tang TS. Social support and diabetes distress: Does the messenger matter as much as the message? Chronic Illness. 2022 May 26. doi: 10.1177/17423953221102622. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35619542.

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