PLATINUM Program: A Feasibility Study on a Train-the-trainer Course on Peer Support for People With Type 2 Diabetes
PLATINUM
Peer Leaders Accelerated Training Initiative to Unleash Potential of Mentorship (PLATINUM) Program: A Feasibility Study on a Train-the-trainer Course on Peer Support for People With Type 2 Diabetes
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interventional
75
1 country
15
Brief Summary
The investigators hypothesize that a training course to people with diabetes on peer support and empowerment will improve their glycemic parameters, knowledge on diabetes and level of self efficacy. This group of trained patients (peer leaders) should be competent to teach and help other patients with diabetes through peer support and empowerment on better self management of their diabetes.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable diabetes
Started Feb 2009
Typical duration for not_applicable diabetes
15 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 1, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 7, 2011
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 14, 2011
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 1, 2011
CompletedJuly 23, 2014
July 1, 2014
2 years
March 7, 2011
July 21, 2014
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
To assess the effectiveness of the training program in improving glycemic parameters in diabetic patients before and after the training.
Metabolic parameters, such as HbA1c, Body Mass Index (BMI), Lipid Profile, etc. will be measured at specific time points before and after the training
6 months
Secondary Outcomes (2)
To assess the efficacy of the training on the attitudes, behaviours and self-efficacy of the participants as compared to the control patients
6 months
To assess the efficacy of the training in improving the participants' knowledge of diabetes, as compared to the control patients.
6 months
Study Arms (2)
Usual Care
NO INTERVENTIONA total of 90 patients with diabetes will be recruited. Thirty will be selected for the training course and the other 60 will be compared as controls. These controls will receive their usual diabetes care.
Peer leader training
EXPERIMENTALPeer leaders are people with diabetes who had volunteered to undertake an extensive program of training. The purpose of this training is to make them effective in the provision of support and advice to their peers on a one-to-one basis via telecommunication. These diabetes patients will undergo a 32-hour 'Train the trainer' program (4 workshops, 8-hours each) led by health care experts in nutrition, physical activity, psychology and neuro-linguistic program \[NLP\] trainer to ensure the adequacy of knowledge and skills of these mentors.
Interventions
These diabetes patients will undergo a 32-hour 'Train the trainer' program (4 workshops, 8-hours each) led by health care experts in nutrition, physical activity, psychology and neuro-linguistic program \[NLP\] trainer to ensure the adequacy of knowledge and skills of these mentors.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Chinese people with type 2 diabetes
- years of age
- Good glycaemic control (HbA1c \<7%) and remain stable in past 1 year
- Willing to complete the structured training curriculum to prepare themselves as peer leaders
- Fluent in Cantonese
You may not qualify if:
- Known psychiatric disease
- Physically handicapped to the degree that communication with others is significantly impaired impaired, such as deafness, paraplegia.
- Illiterate
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (15)
Diabetes Ambulatory Care Centre, UCH
Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Kwai Chung out-patient clinic
Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong
CUHK YCK, Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Diabetes & Endocrine Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital
Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Diabetes Centre, North District Hospital
Sheung Shui, New Territories, Hong Kong
Diabetes Centre, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Diabetes Hong Kong
Central, Hong Kong
Diabetes Ambulatory Centre, PYNEH
Chai Wan, Hong Kong
Diabetes Centre, Kwong Wah Hospital
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Diabetes Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Kowloon, Hong Kong
PMH, Diabetes Care Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Lam Tin Health Clinic
Lam Tin, Hong Kong
Diabetes Centre, Queen Mary Hospital
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
Sai Wan Ho Health Centre
Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong
Diabetes Centre, Ruttonjee Hospital
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Rebecca Wong
Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, HK
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Shimen Au
Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals, Wan Chai, HK
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NON RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 7, 2011
First Posted
March 14, 2011
Study Start
February 1, 2009
Primary Completion
February 1, 2011
Study Completion
August 1, 2011
Last Updated
July 23, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-07