# Mobile Phone Support for Adults and Support Persons to Live Well with Diabetes

> **NIH NIH R01** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2021 · $223,336

## Abstract

Project Summary
We are proposing a revision to a current project, R01DK119282 entitled, “Mobile Phone Support for Adults and
Support Persons to Live Well with Diabetes.” The current project includes an randomized controlled trial (RCT)
to test the efficacy of the FAMS 2.0 (Family/friend Activation to Motivate Self-Care) intervention among N=334
adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and a friend or family member who enrolls as a support person. The RCT
includes a 9-month intervention period for those so assigned and 6-months of post-intervention follow up for a
15-month study. Recently, our team identified a typology of diabetes-specific family functioning which has
important implications for intervention. We identified four conceptually distinct profiles of family functioning with
respect to diabetes ("types") using cluster analysis and examined adjusted cross-sectional associations
between type and diabetes outcomes. We found the typology was stable across analytic method and type was
independently associated with diabetes outcomes, including glycemic control (primary outcome in the FAMS
2.0 RCT), diabetes distress (secondary outcome in the FAMS 2.0 RCT), diabetes self-efficacy and medication
adherence (targeted mechanisms of the FAMS 2.0 intervention). The typology is the first ever to capture
multiple dimensions of family functioning specific to diabetes self-management, is applicable across modern
family structures, and has the potential to lead to breakthroughs in family interventions for adults with diabetes.
Diabetes-specific family functioning type at baseline may be a critical and overlooked moderator of family
interventions – including the FAMS 2.0 intervention – among adults with diabetes, and tailoring interventions to
type may maximize effects. However, our prior typology study was conducted in a sample that was 75% White
and used cross-sectional data. Therefore, we propose to expand the aims of the current R01 by conducting
secondary data analysis and adding an exit interview for participants assigned to intervention. The aims of the
current project will be unchanged and FAMS 2.0 will not be tailored to type in this RCT. For Aim 1 we will use
data collected during the RCT to determine if the typology is replicated in a more diverse sample, examine type
stability over time, and examine predictive validity of type for diabetes outcomes over time. For Aim 2, we will
use mixed-methods to learn how engagement with and efficacy of the FAMS 2.0 intervention varies by type of
diabetes-specific family functioning. Upon completion of these aims we will know how to identify persons with
diabetes most likely to benefit from FAMS 2.0 to inform scalability and implementation efforts, and we will have
preliminary data for a trial testing the benefit of tailoring interventions to participants' type of diabetes-specific
family functioning. This research and future applications of the typology that will result from this research will
rapidly advance t...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10296301
- **Project number:** 3R01DK119282-03S1
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Lindsay S. Mayberry
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $223,336
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-04-15 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10296301

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10296301, Mobile Phone Support for Adults and Support Persons to Live Well with Diabetes (3R01DK119282-03S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10296301. Licensed CC0.

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