Comprehensive Diabetes Self-Management Support From Food Banks
A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Objectives. To determine whether food bank provision of self-management support and diabetes-appropriate food improves glycemic control among clients with diabetes. Methods. We screened 5329 adults for diabetes at food pantries (n = 27) affiliated with food banks in Oakland, California; Detroit, Michigan; and Houston, Texas, between October 2015 and September 2016. We individually randomized 568 participants with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) 7.5% or greater to waitlist control or 6-month intervention including food, diabetes education, health care referral, and glucose monitoring. The primary outcome was HbA1c at 6 months. Results. Food security (relative risk [RR] = 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.73, 0.98), food stability (RR = 0.77; 95% CI = 0.64, 0.93), and fruit and vegetable intake (risk difference [RD] = 0.34; 95% CI = 0.34, 0.34) significantly improved among intervention participants. There were no differences in self-management (depressive symptoms, diabetes distress, self-care, hypoglycemia, self-efficacy) or HbA1c (RD = 0.24; 95% CI = −0.09, 0.58). Conclusions. Food banks are ideally situated to provide diabetes-appropriate food to food-insecure households. Effective strategies for food banks to support improvements in diabetes clinical outcomes require additional study. Public Health Implications. Moving chronic disease support from clinics into communities expands reach into vulnerable populations. However, it is unclear how community interventions should be integrated with clinical care to improve disease outcomes. Trial Registration Number. NCT02569060
Confidence interval · Diabetes management · Diabetes mellitus · Distress · Environmental health · Family medicine · Glycemic · Psychological intervention · Randomized controlled trial · Referral · Relative risk · Type 2 diabetes · Diabetes Management and Education · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Gerontology
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
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