TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of a community health workers-led structured program on blood glucose control among Latinos with type 2 diabetes
T2 - The DIALBEST Trial
AU - Pérez-Escamilla, Rafael
AU - Damio, Grace
AU - Chhabra, Jyoti
AU - Fernandez, Maria L.
AU - Segura-Pérez, Sofia
AU - Vega-Lopez, Sonia
AU - Kollannor-Samuel, Grace
AU - Calle, Mariana
AU - Shebl, Fatma M.
AU - D'Agostino, Darrin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by the American Diabetes Association.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Latinos with type 2 diabetes (T2D) face major healthcare access and disease management disparities.We examined the impact of the Diabetes Among Latinos Best Practices Trial (DIALBEST), a community health worker (CHW)-led structured intervention for improving glycemic control among Latinos with T2D. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 211 adult Latinos with poorly controlled T2D were randomly assigned to a standard of healthcare (n = 106) or CHW (n = 105) group. The CHW intervention comprised 17 individual sessions delivered at home by CHWs over a 12-month period. Sessions addressed T2D complications, healthy lifestyles, nutrition, healthy food choices and diet for diabetes, blood glucose self-monitoring, and medication adherence. Demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, anthropometric, and biomarker (HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, and lipid profile) data were collected at baseline and 3, 6, 12, and 18 months (6 months postintervention). Groups were equivalent at baseline. RESULTS: Participants had high HbA1c at baseline (mean 9.58% [81.2 mmol/mol]). Relative to participants in the control group, CHWs had a positive impact on net HbA1c improvements at 3 months (-0.42% [-4.62 mmol/mol]), 6 months (-0.47% [-5.10 mmol/mol]), 12 months (-0.57% [-6.18 mmol/mol]), and 18 months (-0.55% [-6.01 mmol/mol]). The overall repeated-measures group effect was statistically significant (mean difference -0.51% [-5.57 mmol/mol], 95% CI -0.83, -0.19% [-9.11, -2.03 mmol/mol], P = 0.002). CHWs had an overall significant effect on fasting glucose concentration that was more pronounced at the 12- and 18-month visits. There was no significant effect on blood lipid levels, hypertension, and weight. CONCLUSIONS: DIALBEST is an effective intervention for improving blood glucose control among Latinos with T2D.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Latinos with type 2 diabetes (T2D) face major healthcare access and disease management disparities.We examined the impact of the Diabetes Among Latinos Best Practices Trial (DIALBEST), a community health worker (CHW)-led structured intervention for improving glycemic control among Latinos with T2D. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 211 adult Latinos with poorly controlled T2D were randomly assigned to a standard of healthcare (n = 106) or CHW (n = 105) group. The CHW intervention comprised 17 individual sessions delivered at home by CHWs over a 12-month period. Sessions addressed T2D complications, healthy lifestyles, nutrition, healthy food choices and diet for diabetes, blood glucose self-monitoring, and medication adherence. Demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, anthropometric, and biomarker (HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, and lipid profile) data were collected at baseline and 3, 6, 12, and 18 months (6 months postintervention). Groups were equivalent at baseline. RESULTS: Participants had high HbA1c at baseline (mean 9.58% [81.2 mmol/mol]). Relative to participants in the control group, CHWs had a positive impact on net HbA1c improvements at 3 months (-0.42% [-4.62 mmol/mol]), 6 months (-0.47% [-5.10 mmol/mol]), 12 months (-0.57% [-6.18 mmol/mol]), and 18 months (-0.55% [-6.01 mmol/mol]). The overall repeated-measures group effect was statistically significant (mean difference -0.51% [-5.57 mmol/mol], 95% CI -0.83, -0.19% [-9.11, -2.03 mmol/mol], P = 0.002). CHWs had an overall significant effect on fasting glucose concentration that was more pronounced at the 12- and 18-month visits. There was no significant effect on blood lipid levels, hypertension, and weight. CONCLUSIONS: DIALBEST is an effective intervention for improving blood glucose control among Latinos with T2D.
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U2 - 10.2337/dc14-0327
DO - 10.2337/dc14-0327
M3 - Article
C2 - 25125508
AN - SCOPUS:84921922815
SN - 0149-5992
VL - 38
SP - 197
EP - 205
JO - Diabetes Care
JF - Diabetes Care
IS - 2
ER -