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[Preprint]. 2023 Sep 12:2023.09.11.23295374.
doi: 10.1101/2023.09.11.23295374.

Glycemic outcomes of a family-focused intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes: Main, mediated, and subgroup effects from the FAMS 2.0 RCT

Lyndsay A Nelson  1   2 , Andrew J Spieker  3 , Robert A Greevy  3 , McKenzie K Roddy  1   2 , Lauren M LeStourgeon  1   2 , Erin M Bergner  1   2 , Merna El-Rifai  1   2 , James E Aikens  4 , Ruth Q Wolever  5   6 , Tom A Elasy  1   2 , Lindsay S Mayberry  1   2   7
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Glycemic outcomes of a family-focused intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes: Main, mediated, and subgroup effects from the FAMS 2.0 RCT

Lyndsay A Nelson et al. medRxiv. .

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Abstract

Aims: Family/friends Activation to Motivate Self-care (FAMS) is a self-care support intervention delivered via mobile phones. We evaluated FAMS effects on hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and intervention targets among adults with type 2 diabetes in a 15-month RCT.

Methods: Persons with diabetes (PWDs) and their support persons (family/friend, optional) were randomized to FAMS or control. FAMS included monthly phone coaching and text messages for PWDs, and text messages for support persons over a 9-month intervention period.

Results: PWDs (N=329) were 52% male, 39% from minoritized racial or ethnic groups, with mean HbA1c 8.6±1.7%. FAMS improved HbA1c among PWDs with a non-cohabitating support person (-0.64%; 95% CI [-1.22%, -0.05%]), but overall effects were not significant. FAMS improved intervention targets including self-efficacy, dietary behavior, and family/friend involvement during the intervention period; these improvements mediated post-intervention HbA1c improvements (total indirect effect -0.27%; 95% CI [-0.49%, -0.09%]) and sustained HbA1c improvements at 12 months (total indirect effect -0.19%; 95% CI [-0.40%, -0.01%]).

Conclusions: Despite improvements in most intervention targets, HbA1c improved only among PWDs engaging non-cohabitating support persons suggesting future family interventions should emphasize inclusion of these relationships. Future work should also seek to identify intervention targets that mediate improvements in HbA1c.

Keywords: family; mobile health; randomized controlled trial; self-care; social support; type 2 diabetes mellitus.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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CONSORT flow diagram
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A heuristic depiction of the mediation model predicting hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) at 9 months. We repeated the model at both 12 and 15 months. For simplicity, the heuristic only shows two mediators; actual models included eight mediators.
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