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

Description

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.

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

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Study overview

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.

A Novel Psychological-behavioral Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Type 2 Diabetes

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

Condition
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

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

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

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Massachusetts General Hospital,

Study Record Dates

2026-09-30