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NCT Number: NCT06736431

Bringing Advocacy Via Digital Guide to the Emergency Department (Project BADGE)

The pilot study of Project BADGE will focus on emergency department (ED) patients with diabetes, which has significant disparities in prevalence and mortality for underserved populations. The objective is to determine the effect of a text-based resource referral platform with diabetes educational materials on patient diabetes knowledge, diabetes distress, diabetes self-care activities, and acceptability and feasibility of the intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult (18+) ED/observation unit patients
  • Have poorly controlled or new onset diabetes (hyperglycemia or Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA))
  • Speak English or Spanish
  • Has a cell phone able to send and receive text messages

Exclusion criteria

  • Intubated patient

Treatment and study plan

Text-based resource referral platform with diabetes educational materials

Behavioral

Text-based resource referral platform with diabetes educational materials

Primary outcomes

  1. Diabetes Distress

    Time frame: Baseline, 3 months

    2-item Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS2)- if positive on DDS2, will complete DDS17 (On a scale of 1- "not a problem" to 6- "a very serious problem.")

  2. Diabetes Knowledge

    Time frame: Baseline, 3 months

    Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire, with response choices of Yes, No, or I Don't Know

  3. Diabetes Self-Care

    Time frame: Baseline, 3 months

    Diabetes Self-Care Assessment, which asks about ask you about diabetes self-care activities during the past 7 days.

  4. Doctor Visit

    Time frame: 3 months

    Did the patient attend a doctor appointment?

Secondary outcomes

  1. Intervention Acceptability

    Time frame: 3 months

    Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) on a scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree)

  2. Intervention Feasibility

    Time frame: 3 months

    Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM) on a scale of 1 (completely disagree) to 5 (completely agree)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Dec 16, 2024
Registry last updated
Apr 29, 2026

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