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Area of Science:

  • Digital health interventions
  • Behavioral medicine
  • Chronic disease management

Background:

  • Type 2 diabetes affects millions globally, leading to severe complications.
  • Dysphoria is common in diabetes and worsens glycemic control.
  • Accessible, cost-effective support for diabetes self-management is limited, especially in remote areas.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the development of OnTrack Diabetes, a self-guided, web-based program.
  • To promote emotional well-being (euthymia) and improve disease self-management in Type 2 diabetes patients.

Main Methods:

  • Semistructured interviews with general practitioners and Type 2 diabetes patients informed program design.
  • Content development utilized existing research and resources.
  • Program features were adapted from an existing OnTrack program for cost-effectiveness and self-guided delivery.

Main Results:

  • The development phase focused on creating an acceptable and user-friendly program.
  • A separate paper details the protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the program's effectiveness.

Conclusions:

  • The OnTrack Diabetes program development incorporated strategies for user acceptability.
  • Future research will involve user experience testing and randomized controlled trials to assess effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.