Trial reportDiabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association2019
Two for one? Effects of a couples intervention on partners of persons with Type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01017523 (Improving Diabetes Outcome), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Improving Diabetes Outcome: The Diabetes Support Project
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Social Network Interventions for Improving Dietary Adherence Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
- A Couple-Based Intervention for Chinese Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Outcomes from Partner2Lose: a randomized controlled trial to evaluate 24-month weight loss in a partner-assisted intervention.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- Practicing Interoceptive Sensitivity as a Couple: A Mixed-Methods Acceptance Analysis of a Dyadic vs. Single Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- Development and Implementation of Couple-Based Collaborative Management Model of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus for Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Adults: A Pilot Randomized Trial.Frontiers in public health · 2021Trial
- Using places of worship to recruit and retain couples for the 'Diabetes Together' intervention.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Multilevel Interventions Demonstrate Mixed Effectiveness for Improving Blood Pressure Outcomes: A Rapid Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Examining Share plus-A Continuous Glucose Monitoring Plus Data-Sharing Intervention in Older Adults and Their Care Partners: Protocol for a Randomized Control Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
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- Cognitive Abilities and Collaboration in Couples in Type 1 Diabetes Management.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2023Article
- Rationale, design, and recruitment outcomes for the Family/Friend Activation to Motivate Self-care (FAMS) 2.0 randomized controlled trial among adults with type 2 diabetes and their support persons.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- Diabetes stress contagion among romantic partners: a daily diary investigation.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Tackling diabetes as a team: co-designing healthcare interventions to engage couples living with type 1 diabetes.Acta diabetologica · 2022Article
- A culturally adapted, social support-based, diabetes group visit model for Bangladeshi adults in the USA: a feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- Investigating partner involvement in pregnancy and identifying barriers and facilitators to participating as a couple in a digital healthy eating and physical activity intervention.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Couple-based collaborative management model of type 2 diabetes mellitus for community-dwelling older adults in China: protocol for a hybrid type 1 randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Spousal Involvement in Collaborative Management and Glycemic Behavior Change among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review.SAGE open nursingReview
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Abstract
aimsTo compare the outcomes of partners who participated in a telephone couples behavioural intervention to improve glycaemic control in persons with Type 2 diabetes with those of untreated partners of participants in an individual intervention or education; to explore 'ripple effects', i.e. positive behaviour changes seen in untreated partners.
methodsThe Diabetes Support Project was a three-arm randomized telephone intervention trial comparing outcomes of couples calls (CC), individual calls (IC) and diabetes education calls (DE). Couples included one partner with Type 2 diabetes and HbA
resultsPartners' (N = 268) mean age was 55.8 years, 64.6% were female and 29.9% were from minority ethnic groups. CC (vs. IC and DE) partners had greater reductions in diabetes distress, greater increases in marital satisfaction (4 and 8 months), and some improvements in diastolic BP. There were no consistent differences among arms in other outcomes. There was no evidence of a dietary or activity behaviour ripple effect on untreated partners, i.e. comparing partners in the IC and DE arms.
conclusionsA collaborative couples intervention resulted in significant improvements in partner diabetes distress and relationship satisfaction. There were no consistent effects on behavioural or medical partner outcomes, and no evidence of diet or activity behaviour ripple effects, suggesting that partners should be targeted directly to achieve these changes. (Clinical Trial Registry No: NCT01017523).
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