Lifestyle Management App for Adults With Diabetes Type

Conditions studied

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

About this study

This study will evaluate whether the 12-week health coaching mobile application (LIVEN) will succeed in enhancing lifestyle behaviors in adults with Type 2 Diabetes compared to typical treatment. The mobile application's viability will be assessed in 2 parts; the first part is testing easiness and friendliness of using Liven by the patient and health coach. The second part is evaluating the suitability of Liven education material for the patients and whether the coaching program results in enhancing lifestyle behaviors and blood sugar levels. the investigators hypothesize that the 12-week online lifestyle-coaching program will be viable, and a full-scale study can proceed.

Interventions

• Behavioral: interactive Mhealth Lifestyle behavior intervention — Receiving Standard care, LIVEN educational material and interactive LIVEN application, via having a human component which is a health coach for 3 months
• Other: Sham — Receiving standard care, LIVEN educational material and access to the application

Primary outcomes

• recruitment rate - descriptive (immediately after the intervention (3 months))
• retention rates (immediately after the intervention (3 months))
• User friendliness (Daily application engagement data for each patient will be analyzed once at the end of the patient's 12 week program.)

Eligibility information

Study locations

• Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Riyadh Region 11321 Saudi Arabia