Measuring Anticipated Attitudes and Behavior Towards a New Medical Treatment in Lesotho
Conditions: Health Behavior; Motivation; Health Care Utilization; Consumer Behavior; Social Behavior; Health Care Seeking Behavior; Recruitment; Researcher-Subject Relations Interventions: Behavioral: Partner support; Behavioral: Formal recruiter attire; Behavioral: Without Partner support; Behavioral: Casual recruiter attire Sponsors: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; SolidarMed Lesotho Not yet recruiting (Source: ClinicalTrials.gov)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov - February 7, 2024 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials

Community-based type 2 diabetes care by lay village health workers in rural Lesotho: protocol for a cluster-randomized trial within the ComBaCaL cohort study (ComBaCaL T2D TwiC)
DiscussionThe trial was launched on May 13, 2023, and has enrolled 226 participants at the date of submission (October 6, 2023). To our knowledge, the trial is the first to assess task-shifting of T2D care to VHWs at the community level, including the prescription of first-line antidiabetic, lipid-lowering, and antiplatelet medication in sub-Saharan Africa, and will thus provide the missing evidence on the effectiveness of such a T2D care model in this setting. The study is operating within the established Lesotho VHW programme. Similar community health worker programmes which exist across sub-Saharan Africa may benefit fr...
Source: Trials - October 24, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials

Community-based, eHealth Supported Type 2 Diabetes Care by Lay Village Health Workers in Rural Lesotho
Condition:   Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2D) Interventions:   Other: T2D care package;   Other: Referral to the responsible health facility Sponsors:   University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland;   Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC);   World Diabetes Foundation (WDF);   SolidarMed Not yet recruiting (Source: ClinicalTrials.gov)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov - February 24, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials

Community-Based Chronic Disease Care in Rural Lesotho
Condition:   Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) Intervention:   Sponsors:   University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland;   Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC);   World Diabetes Foundation (WDF);   SolidarMed Not yet recruiting (Source: ClinicalTrials.gov)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov - October 27, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials