Families Preventing Diabetes Together
Condition: Type 2 Diabetes; Pediatric Obesity
MeSH terms: Diabetes Mellitus; Pediatric Obesity
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      The current study proposes to study the feasibility and acceptability of the Families
      Preventing Diabetes Together Intervention among 40 families who have one parent diagnosed
      with type 2 diabetes and at least 1 child between the ages of 5-14 years of age. Successful
      recruitment, measurement and randomization of patients and their families will provide data
      for our aim of assessing feasibility. Patient and family participation in the intervention
      and feedback via the post-intervention surveys will provide data for our aim of
      acceptability.
    

Detailed description: 
      The current study is a randomized controlled trial with 40 families. Twenty families will be
      randomly assigned to receive usual care consisting of diabetes education delivered through
      Fairview Health Services. An additional 20 families will be randomized to a family-based,
      in-person program that focuses on nutrition education, the development of meal planning and
      cooking skills and promotion of healthful eating for families; the program will augment usual
      care and diabetes education received from Fairview Health Services for the parent with
      diabetes. Parents with diabetes who are randomized to the intervention group will also
      participate in one goal-setting phone call with intervention staff at one point during the
      intervention program.

      Adult patients and their families will be recruited in two ways:

        1. from Fairview Health Service's clinics in the North metropolitan area with the
           assistance of Fairview Health Service diabetes educators, and

        2. through MyChart messages informing them about the study.

      Adults between the ages of 25 and 55 years who have a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, who have
      participated in at least some diabetes education through Fairview Health Services, and who
      have at least one child between the ages of 7-12 years of age will be invited to participate
      in the study. Successful recruitment, measurement and randomization of patients and their
      families will provide data for our aim of assessing feasibility. Patient and family
      participation in the intervention and feedback via the post-intervention surveys will provide
      data for our aim of acceptability.
    

Intervention name(s): Families Preventing Diabetes Together
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Families in the intervention group will be asked to participate in four in-person sessions at a local Fairview North metropolitan area clinic over the course of two months. Sessions will focus on age-appropriate nutrition and diabetes education, meal planning and cooking skills, healthful eating, and eating meals as a family. All family members will be asked to attend and will be involved in all four, two-hour sessions. The parent with diabetes will also complete one goal setting telephone call based on motivational interviewing techniques during the intervention period.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Prevention