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Meals for Me: Drop Shipment Versus Personally-delivered Meals for Diabetes Management
Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin
Summary
This is a three-arm, parallel randomized trial study that will assess the impact of home delivery of medically-tailored meals (MTM) to community-dwelling older adults living with diabetes mellitus type 2 on measurements of diabetes control, mental health, and other exploratory outcomes such as healthcare use.
Official title: Meals for Me: Drop Shipment Versus Personally Delivered Medically Tailored Meals for Patients With Unmanaged Diabetes.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
55 Years - 90 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
320
Start Date
2022-12-05
Completion Date
2026-08-01
Last Updated
2025-03-26
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Waitlist
Phase 1 (6 months) • Educational materials on such topics as healthy eating for diabetes.
Medically tailored meals - Daily delivery with human interaction
Phase 1 (6 months) * Educational materials on such topics as healthy eating for diabetes, in addition to materials on meal planning and instructions. * Food: 10 MTM a week: mix of hot and frozen, and 5-10 snacks per week. Meals and snacks offer approx. 1200 kcal per day. * Delivery: 3 to 5x per week. Each delivery day, one meal is warm, the other is frozen. Depending on the participant's availability (3-5 days/week), more frozen meals will be given one day to account for a total of 10 meals every week. * Engagement: MOWCTX's trained volunteers and/or paid delivery drivers delivering the meals will have a brief social interaction (at minimum in-person hand-off \& visual check) with the participant.
Medically tailored meals - Weekly delivery with no human interaction
Phase 1 (6 months) * Educational materials on such topics as healthy eating for diabetes, in addition to materials on meal planning and instructions. * Food: 10 frozen MTM and 5-10 healthy snacks (with the goal of providing 2 meals and 1-2 snacks for 5 days of the week). Meals and snacks offer approx. 1200 kcal per day. Nutritionally similar and frequently the same meal as that delivered in the daily delivery arm. * Delivery: 1x per week shipment. * Engagement: Meals are shipped to the participant's home. No human engagement.
Medically tailored meals - Standard MOWCTX delivery with human interaction
Phase 2 (6 months) * Food: 5 MTM a week plus snacks. Planned to offer approx. 600 kcal per day. * Delivery: 2 to 4x a week (depending on participant availability), including daily delivery of 1 hot MTM plus a cold bag (with healthy snacks), with one day or more (depending on the 2 to 4x a week delivery schedule participant is on) also including 1 frozen MTM to total 5 meals per week. * Engagement: MOWCTX's trained volunteers and/or paid delivery drivers delivering the meals will have a brief social interaction ("check-in") with the participant. * MOWCTX Standard Wraparounds: Participants will have access to a case manager to assist with additional resources within the community and for additional support if needed (e.g., grocery shopping assistance, home repairs, and pet care).
Locations (2)
Meals on Wheels Central Texas
Austin, Texas, United States
CommUnityCare Health Centers (all Austin clinics)
Austin, Texas, United States