Empowering Veterans to Actively Communicate and Engage in Shared Decision Making in Medical Visits, A Randomized Controlled Trial

Description

Type 2 diabetes is a significant condition in VA affecting 20% of VA patients. Adherence to medication regimens and lifestyle factors is important to achieve care goals for these patients. Patients who use active participatory communication behaviors with their providers have better adherence to treatment and better biomedical outcomes, yet many patients are not prepared to engage in active communication with their providers. Existing coaching interventions have not been adopted in practice because of the cost of trained personnel. The investigators have shown the efficacy of a low-cost video that did not require trained personnel. This proposal proposes to test implementation strategies to deliver that video in VA primary care clinics and to test the effectiveness of the video to improve outcomes in a Hybrid Type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial using a cluster randomized stepped wedge design at eight sites. This proposal will test feasibility of implementing the video and if successful will generate the evidence to justify widespread dissemination of the video.

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2)

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Type 2 diabetes is a significant condition in VA affecting 20% of VA patients. Adherence to medication regimens and lifestyle factors is important to achieve care goals for these patients. Patients who use active participatory communication behaviors with their providers have better adherence to treatment and better biomedical outcomes, yet many patients are not prepared to engage in active communication with their providers. Existing coaching interventions have not been adopted in practice because of the cost of trained personnel. The investigators have shown the efficacy of a low-cost video that did not require trained personnel. This proposal proposes to test implementation strategies to deliver that video in VA primary care clinics and to test the effectiveness of the video to improve outcomes in a Hybrid Type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial using a cluster randomized stepped wedge design at eight sites. This proposal will test feasibility of implementing the video and if successful will generate the evidence to justify widespread dissemination of the video.

Empowering Veterans to Actively Communicate and Engage in Shared Decision Making in Medical Visits, A Randomized Controlled Trial

Empowering Veterans to Actively Communicate and Engage in Shared Decision Making in Medical Visits, A Randomized Controlled Trial

Condition
Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2)
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Chicago Heights

Chicago Heights VA Clinic, Chicago Heights, Illinois, United States, 60411

Chicago

Lakeside VA Clinic, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611

Chicago

Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

Hines

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL, Hines, Illinois, United States, 60141-3030

Hoffman Estates

Hoffman Estates VA Clinic, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States, 60192

Joliet

Joliet VA Clinic, Joliet, Illinois, United States, 60432

North Aurora

Aurora VA Clinic, North Aurora, Illinois, United States, 60542

Crown Point

Adam Benjamin Jr VA Outpatient Clinic, Crown Point, IN, Crown Point, Indiana, United States, 46307

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Dx of T2D
  • * Hemoglobin A1c ("A1c") 7 or greater
  • * Adults, age 18 or older
  • * Visit at a participating site
  • * Receives care from primary care provider more than once a year at VA
  • * Lives in skilled nursing facility
  • * Dementia (abnormal SBT)63
  • * Creatinine \>3 (or eGFR\<20), recent MI or admission for HF
  • * Terminal medical condition
  • * Drug- (e.g., steroid) induced diabetes.
  • * Blind or deaf (e.g., unable to view/hear video

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

VA Office of Research and Development,

Howard S. Gordon, MD BS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Study Record Dates

2026-03-31