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The effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Increasing rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus place a substantial burden on health care services, communities, families and individuals living with the disease or at risk of developing it. Estimates of the combined prevalence of intermediate hyperglycaemia and diabetes in Bangladesh vary,...

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Autores principales: Fottrell, Edward, Jennings, Hannah, Kuddus, Abdul, Ahmed, Naveed, Morrison, Joanna, Akter, Kohenour, Shaha, Sanjit Kumar, Nahar, Badrun, Nahar, Tasmin, Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan, Khan, A. K. Azad, Costello, Anthony, Azad, Kishwar
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5170893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27993166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1738-x
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author Fottrell, Edward
Jennings, Hannah
Kuddus, Abdul
Ahmed, Naveed
Morrison, Joanna
Akter, Kohenour
Shaha, Sanjit Kumar
Nahar, Badrun
Nahar, Tasmin
Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan
Khan, A. K. Azad
Costello, Anthony
Azad, Kishwar
author_facet Fottrell, Edward
Jennings, Hannah
Kuddus, Abdul
Ahmed, Naveed
Morrison, Joanna
Akter, Kohenour
Shaha, Sanjit Kumar
Nahar, Badrun
Nahar, Tasmin
Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan
Khan, A. K. Azad
Costello, Anthony
Azad, Kishwar
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description BACKGROUND: Increasing rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus place a substantial burden on health care services, communities, families and individuals living with the disease or at risk of developing it. Estimates of the combined prevalence of intermediate hyperglycaemia and diabetes in Bangladesh vary, and can be as high as 30% of the adult population. Despite such high prevalence, awareness and control of diabetes and its risk factors are limited. Prevention and control of diabetes and its complications demand increased awareness and action of individuals and communities, with positive influences on behaviours and lifestyle choices. In this study, we will test the effect of two different interventions on diabetes occurrence and its risk factors in rural Bangladesh. METHODS/DESIGN: A three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial of mobile health (mHealth) and participatory community group interventions will be conducted in four rural upazillas in Faridpur District, Bangladesh. Ninety-six clusters (villages) will be randomised to receive either the mHealth intervention or the participatory community group intervention, or be assigned to the control arm. In the mHealth arm, enrolled individuals will receive twice-weekly voice messages sent to their mobile phone about prevention and control of diabetes. In the participatory community group arm, facilitators will initiate a series of monthly group meetings for men and women, progressing through a Participatory Learning and Action cycle whereby group members and communities identify, prioritise and tackle problems associated with diabetes and the risk of developing diabetes. Both interventions will run for 18 months. The primary outcomes of the combined prevalence of intermediate hyperglycaemia and diabetes and the cumulative 2-year incidence of diabetes among individuals identified as having intermediate hyperglycaemia at baseline will be evaluated through baseline and endline sample surveys of permanent residents aged 30 years or older in each of the study clusters. Data on blood glucose level, blood pressure, body mass index and hip-to-waist ratio will be gathered through physical measurements by trained fieldworkers. Demographic and socioeconomic data, as well as data on knowledge of diabetes, chronic disease risk factor prevalence and quality of life, will be gathered through interviews with sampled respondents. DISCUSSION: This study will increase our understanding of diabetes and other non-communicable disease burdens and risk factors in rural Bangladesh. By documenting and evaluating the delivery, impact and cost-effectiveness of participatory community groups and mobile phone voice messaging, study findings will provide evidence on how population-level strategies of community mobilisation and mHealth can be implemented to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases and risk factors in this population. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN41083256. Registered on 30 Mar 2016 (Retrospectively Registered). TRIAL ACRONYM: D-Magic: Diabetes Mellitus – Action through Groups or mobile Information for better Control.
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spelling pubmed-51708932016-12-28 The effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial Fottrell, Edward Jennings, Hannah Kuddus, Abdul Ahmed, Naveed Morrison, Joanna Akter, Kohenour Shaha, Sanjit Kumar Nahar, Badrun Nahar, Tasmin Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan Khan, A. K. Azad Costello, Anthony Azad, Kishwar Trials Study Protocol BACKGROUND: Increasing rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus place a substantial burden on health care services, communities, families and individuals living with the disease or at risk of developing it. Estimates of the combined prevalence of intermediate hyperglycaemia and diabetes in Bangladesh vary, and can be as high as 30% of the adult population. Despite such high prevalence, awareness and control of diabetes and its risk factors are limited. Prevention and control of diabetes and its complications demand increased awareness and action of individuals and communities, with positive influences on behaviours and lifestyle choices. In this study, we will test the effect of two different interventions on diabetes occurrence and its risk factors in rural Bangladesh. METHODS/DESIGN: A three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial of mobile health (mHealth) and participatory community group interventions will be conducted in four rural upazillas in Faridpur District, Bangladesh. Ninety-six clusters (villages) will be randomised to receive either the mHealth intervention or the participatory community group intervention, or be assigned to the control arm. In the mHealth arm, enrolled individuals will receive twice-weekly voice messages sent to their mobile phone about prevention and control of diabetes. In the participatory community group arm, facilitators will initiate a series of monthly group meetings for men and women, progressing through a Participatory Learning and Action cycle whereby group members and communities identify, prioritise and tackle problems associated with diabetes and the risk of developing diabetes. Both interventions will run for 18 months. The primary outcomes of the combined prevalence of intermediate hyperglycaemia and diabetes and the cumulative 2-year incidence of diabetes among individuals identified as having intermediate hyperglycaemia at baseline will be evaluated through baseline and endline sample surveys of permanent residents aged 30 years or older in each of the study clusters. Data on blood glucose level, blood pressure, body mass index and hip-to-waist ratio will be gathered through physical measurements by trained fieldworkers. Demographic and socioeconomic data, as well as data on knowledge of diabetes, chronic disease risk factor prevalence and quality of life, will be gathered through interviews with sampled respondents. DISCUSSION: This study will increase our understanding of diabetes and other non-communicable disease burdens and risk factors in rural Bangladesh. By documenting and evaluating the delivery, impact and cost-effectiveness of participatory community groups and mobile phone voice messaging, study findings will provide evidence on how population-level strategies of community mobilisation and mHealth can be implemented to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases and risk factors in this population. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN41083256. Registered on 30 Mar 2016 (Retrospectively Registered). TRIAL ACRONYM: D-Magic: Diabetes Mellitus – Action through Groups or mobile Information for better Control. BioMed Central 2016-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5170893/ /pubmed/27993166 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1738-x Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Fottrell, Edward
Jennings, Hannah
Kuddus, Abdul
Ahmed, Naveed
Morrison, Joanna
Akter, Kohenour
Shaha, Sanjit Kumar
Nahar, Badrun
Nahar, Tasmin
Haghparast-Bidgoli, Hassan
Khan, A. K. Azad
Costello, Anthony
Azad, Kishwar
The effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial
title The effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial
title_full The effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial
title_fullStr The effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial
title_full_unstemmed The effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial
title_short The effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial
title_sort effect of community groups and mobile phone messages on the prevention and control of diabetes in rural bangladesh: study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomised controlled trial
topic Study Protocol
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5170893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27993166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1738-x
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