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Boosting Emotional Well-being and Happiness in Outpatients Living With Diabetes

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Massachusetts General Hospital
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorMassachusetts General Hospital
Started2022-10-12
Est. completion2026-09-30
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations1 site

Summary

The focus of this study is to test the efficacy of an 8-week, remotely delivered, positive-psychology-motivational interviewing (PP-MI) intervention, with additional twice weekly text messages for a total of 16 weeks (with interactive, algorithm-driven, goal-focused text messages in the final 8 weeks), compared to MI-alone, in a randomized trial of 280 individuals with type 2 diabetes and low baseline physical activity.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
* Low physical activity (\<150 minutes/week of moderate to vigorous physical activity)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cognitive deficits impeding a participant's ability to provide informed consent or participate
* Medical conditions likely to lead to death within 6 months.
* Pre-existing coronary artery disease
* Moderate-severe depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 \[PHQ-9\] score ≥15)
* Use of non-basal insulin
* Inability to participate in physical activity due to another medical condition
* Inability to receive text messages
* Inability to read, write, or speak in English
* Current participation in another intervention or program that has been designed to promote well-being or physical activity

Conditions2

DiabetesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Locations1 site

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
Jeff C Huffman, MD617-724-2910jhuffman@mgh.harvard.edu

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