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Trial reportJournal of general internal medicine2025

Culturally Tailored Social Media Intervention Improves Health Outcomes in Chinese Americans with Type 2 Diabetes: Preliminary Evidence from a Pilot RCT.

Yun Shi, Mary Ann Sevick, Hao Tang, Chan Wang, Yanan Zhao, SeongHoon Yoon, Huilin Li, Yulin Jiang, Yujie Bai, Iris H Ong and 5 more

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Trial report in Journal of general internal medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03557697 (A Mobile Health Intervention to Reduce Diabetes Disparities in Chinese Americans), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03557697 nacompletednot on this map

A Mobile Health Intervention to Reduce Diabetes Disparities in Chinese Americans

TypeinterventionalSponsorNYU Langone HealthRan2021 to 2023Enrolled60ConditionsType2 DiabetesArmsStandard of Care, SMS Intervention
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Yun ShiCenter for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Mary Ann SevickCenter for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Hao TangMRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
Chan WangDepartment of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Yanan ZhaoDepartment of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
SeongHoon YoonDepartment of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Huilin LiDepartment of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Yulin JiangCenter for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Yujie BaiCenter for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Iris H OngCenter for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Ximin YangCenter for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Liwen SuCenter for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Natalie LevyDepartment of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
Kosuke TamuraSocio-Spatial Determinants of Health Laboratory, Population and Community Health Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Lu HuCenter for Healthful Behavior Change, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA. lu.hu@nyulangone.org.

Funding

NIMHD NIH HHS NIH R00MD012811
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMinoritized populations face many barriers to accessing evidence-based diabetes intervention.

objectivesTo evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a social media-based intervention to improve glycemic control among Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes.

designA pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 3-month and 6-month follow-ups.

participantsChinese Americans (n = 60, mean age 54.3 years old) with limited education (70.0% with high school or less) and low income (50.0% with annual household income < $25,000), and 88.3% have limited English proficiency.

interventionCulturally and linguistically tailored diabetes videos (two videos/week for 12 weeks) delivered via social media and support calls from community health workers. MAIN MEASURES: Primary outcomes include feasibility (video watch rate, biweekly call completion rate, and retention rates), acceptability (patient satisfaction), and HbA1c. Secondary health-related outcomes include body weight, BMI, physical activity, and dietary intake. Video watch rate and biweekly call completion rate were assessed at baseline and 3 months, while others were measured at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.

resultsWe observed high feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, with retention rates over 87%, an 89% video watch rate, 80% biweekly phone call completion, and a satisfaction rating of 9 out of 10. The intervention group showed a significantly greater increase in fruit intake compared to the control group (0.15 cups vs. - 0.44 cups, adj_p = 0.023) at 3 months. While no significant differences in other outcomes were observed between the groups, the intervention group showed significant improvements in key outcomes, including reduced HbA1c levels (- 1.08%, adj_p < 0.001), weight loss (- 5.15 lbs, adj_p = 0.004), lower BMI (- 0.83, adj_p = 0.023), and reduced starchy food intake (- 0.33 cups, adj_p = 0.033) at 6 months.

conclusionsThe observed high feasibility and acceptability suggest the intervention's feasibility. However, due to the limited sample size, a larger-scale RCT is warranted to test the efficacy of the intervention.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03557697; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03557697.

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AsianDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Social MediaAdultAgedChinaCulturally Competent CareFeasibility StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot Projectsacceptabilitydiabetes self-managementfeasibilityimmigrant healthmHealthminority healthtype 2 diabetes

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PMID40016380
PMCPMC12343402

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