An interventional study of Just-in-time intervention and Active control in Diabetes, Self-Control and Telemedicine, sponsored by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Completed at 1 site in Hong Kong. Open to participants aged 60 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-17.
Sponsored by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
The addition of proactive nurse consultations was useful to older adults with diabetes mellitus in facilitating their chronic disease self-management. However, the service is time and resource-intensive. With the support of advanced technology, mhealth App seems to be a convenient way to support patients in managing diabetes.
This study examines the effectiveness of mhealth App plus nurse consultations in promoting self-management behaviours for diabetic patients.
8,290 studies on the registry are indexed under Diabetes Mellitus; 1,077 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 184 is above the median of 80 across 6,023 interventional studies indexed under Diabetes Mellitus.
Browse Diabetes Mellitus studies →The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is the lead sponsor of 679 studies on the registry; 257 are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
They will receive just-in-time intervention and 3 monthly nursing consultations.
Behavioral: Just-in-time intervention
They will receive 6 bi-weekly nursing consultations.
Behavioral: Active control
The intervention group participants will receive just-in-time intervention from a developed app for healthy behavior reminder
The control group participants will receive six nursing consultations during the 3-month program period.
Change in HbA1c
Measured using the A1C Now device, with blood drawn from the subjects' finger
Time frame: baseline, three-month, and six-month
Diabetic self-management behaviour
measured using the Summary of Diabetes Self-care. Total scores range from 0 to 42, with higher scores representing better self-management performance. Activities questionnaire
Time frame: baseline, three-month, and six-month
Change in quality of life
By using the Chinese version of the 12-item Short Form Health Survey. Total score ranges from 0 to 100, higher the better. version 2
Time frame: baseline, three-month, and six-month
Change in medication adherence
Measure this by using the Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale. Scores from 12 to 48, higher score better medication adherence.
Time frame: baseline, three-month, and six-month
Change in health service utilization
Measure the total number of unscheduled visits to general out-patient departments, general practitioners, emergency departments, and hospitals, and the total frequency of health service attendance
Time frame: baseline, three-month, and six-month
Cost
The cost of the app, including development of new features and maintenance costs, will be estimated from the provider and societal perspectives, including the subjects' travelling costs and time. An ingredient approach will be adopted to estimate the cost.
Time frame: three-month, and six-month
satisfaction with the JITAIs, as well as usability and technical problems
using semi-structured group interviews with the intervention group participants
Time frame: three-month
Ran from Sep 2024 to primary completion in May 2026, 20 months.
Of 1,583 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Diabetes Mellitus, half reached primary completion within 23 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 43. This study's 20 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 1,743 studies reached it within 21 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 42.
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This study is completed, as verified in Sep 2026. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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