The objective of this observational open label trial was to characterize changes in diabetes self-management and psychological distress associated with a mobile health (mHealth) interactive voice response (IVR) self-management support program.
Health coaching is a new intervention offering a one-on-one focused self-management support program.
When proven effective this self-management support program could be offered to other health care groups and their type 2 diabetes patients in the Netherlands.
We will test our hypotheses using an existing patient web-portal, which offers diabetes information and an overview of personal clinical outcome measures, supplemented with a self-management support program (SSP) [ 29].
We therefore, developed and tested a monitoring and feedback tool called It's LiFe![ 18, 19] and a corresponding counselling program for primary care nurses (the Self-management Support Program).
COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DM2: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; It's LiFe!: Interactive tool for self-management through lifestyle feedback; GP: General practitioner; PAM: Physical activity monitor AM300; SSP: Self-management Support Program.
To date, this innovative and accessible form of self-management support program has not been formally tested in relation to diabetes management and its cost-effectiveness has not been examined.
The objective of this randomised controlled trial is to evaluate the longitudinal effects of the It's LiFe! tool embedded in a Self-management Support Program (SSP) on 40 70 years old patients with COPD and DM2 in primary care.
To stimulate physical activity, a monitoring and feedback tool, consisting of an accelerometer linked to a smart phone and webserver (It's LiFe! tool), and a counselling protocol for practice nurses in primary care was developed (the Self-management Support Program).
The authors, however, included recommendations to consider using the telephone as a means to maintain effectiveness, reduce costs, and increase the reach of a self-management support program to many more who might benefit from it (20).
This paper describes the design, setting, intervention and outcomes of the NKF-NUS program, a 36 month cluster randomised trial of self-management support program for prevalent hemodialysis patients.
