@article{hold_improving_2022, title = {Improving glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus through a peer support instant messaging service intervention ({DiabPeerS}): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial}, volume = {23}, copyright = {CC-BY}, issn = {1745-6215}, shorttitle = {Improving glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus through a peer support instant messaging service intervention ({DiabPeerS})}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06202-2}, doi = {10.1186/s13063-022-06202-2}, abstract = {Diabetes mellitus is one of the four priority non-communicable diseases worldwide. It can lead to serious long-term complications and produces significant costs. Due to the chronicle character of the disease, it requires continuous medical treatment and good therapy adherence of those suffering. Therefore, diabetes self-management education (DSME) (and support DSMES) plays a significant role to increase patient’s self-management capacity and improve diabetes therapy. Research indicates that these outcomes might be difficult to maintain. Consequently, effective strategies to preserve the positive effects of DSMES are needed. Preliminary results show that peer support, which means support from a person who has experiential knowledge of a specific behavior or stressor and similar characteristics as the target population, is associated with better outcomes in terms of HbA1c, cardiovascular disease risk factors or self-efficacy at a lower cost compared to standard therapy. Peer-supported instant messaging services (IMS) approaches have significant potential for diabetes management because support can be provided easily and prompt, is inexpensive, and needs less effort to attend compared to standard therapy. The major objective of the study is to analyze the impact of a peer-supported IMS intervention in addition to a standard diabetes therapy on the glycemic control of type 2 diabetic patients.}, number = {1}, urldate = {2022-06-22}, journal = {Trials}, author = {Höld, Elisabeth and Grüblbauer, Johanna and Wiesholzer, Martin and Wewerka-Kreimel, Daniela and Stieger, Stefan and Kuschei, Werner and Kisser, Philip and Gützer, Elisabeth and Hemetek, Ursula and Ebner-Zarl, Astrid and Pripfl, Jürgen}, month = apr, year = {2022}, note = {Projekt: DiabPeerS}, keywords = {Austria, Department Gesundheit, Diabetes self-management (support), Glycemic control, Instant messaging service, Institut für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Peer support, Projekt: DiabPeerS, Publikationstyp Schriftpublikation, Quality of life, Randomized controlled trial, SP IGW Health Promotion \& Healthy Ageing, Social support, Studiengang Diätologie, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, best-ehoeld, best-lbwewerka, peer-reviewed}, pages = {308}, }