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Feasibility Trial in Urban Pakistan for Community Engagement in Preventing Type II Diabetes and Risk Factors
Sponsor: Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology
Summary
This project aims to adapt, implement, and evaluate PLA based intervention in urban Karachi, Pakistan for TIIDM prevention and control.
Official title: Engagement of coMmunity Through Participatory Learning and Action for cOntrol and preVEntion of Type II Diabetes and Its Risk Factors [EMPOWER-D]: Feasibility Trial in Urban Pakistan
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
20 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
240
Start Date
2024-06-24
Completion Date
2027-10
Last Updated
2024-08-26
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Participatory, learning and Action (PLA) Based intervention
An PLA based intervention would be carried out to prepare the Diabetes Mellitus type II patients. The intervention would be carried out for a tentative time of 2 to 3 hours to educate the type II diabetes mellitus. The study participants would be evaluated after completion of 18 months of the intervention. A structured, validated and literature-based assessment checklist will be devised to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of the intervention.
Locations (1)
Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology (BIDE)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan