Culturally Congruent Latino-Adapted Telemonitoring of Underrepresented Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The CULTURA-DM2 Trial

Renee Pekmezaris; Sabrina Martinez; Valeria Correa Gomez; Jose Marino; Nicole Goris; Myia S. Williams; Edgardo Cigaran; Christian N. Nouryan; Vidhi H. Patel; Alyson K. Myers; Paulina Barbero; Dilcia Granville; Lawrence F. Murray; Josephine Guzman; Amgad N. Makaryus; Samy I. McFarlane; Roman Zeltser; Maria Pena; Cristina Sison; Martin L. Lesser; Myriam Kline; Jennifer Polo; Ralph J. DiClemente; Lorinda Bauer; Andrea Baron-Yurkew; Chris Elsayad; Mary Muscarello; William Gehrhardt; Natalie Zavala; Yael T. Harris

doi:10.2337/cd24-0002

Culturally Congruent Latino-Adapted Telemonitoring of Underrepresented Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The CULTURA-DM2 Trial

Renee Pekmezaris, Sabrina Martinez, Valeria Correa Gomez, Jose Marino, Nicole Goris, Myia S. Williams, Edgardo Cigaran, Christian N. Nouryan, Vidhi H. Patel, Alyson K. Myers, Paulina Barbero, Dilcia Granville, Lawrence F. Murray, Josephine Guzman, Amgad N. Makaryus, Samy I. McFarlane, Roman Zeltser, Maria Pena, Cristina Sison, Martin L. LesserMyriam Kline, Jennifer Polo, Ralph J. DiClemente, Lorinda Bauer, Andrea Baron-Yurkew, Chris Elsayad, Mary Muscarello, William Gehrhardt, Natalie Zavala, Yael T. Harris

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This study reports on the development and testing of a comprehensive diabetes telemonitoring program tailored to meet the needs of underserved Hispanic/ Latino patients with diabetes. Individuals participating in the culturally tailored program had significantly better 6-month outcomes than those receiving comprehensive outpatient management for A1C, blood pressure, and diabetes self-efficacy, with no differences between groups in quality of life, medication adherence, emotional functioning, patient activation, or unscheduled physician visits. These findings suggest that culturally congruent diabetes telemonitoring may be effective for this underserved population.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	79-91
Number of pages	13
Journal	Clinical Diabetes
Volume	43
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2337/cd24-0002
State	Published - Dec 2025

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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Pekmezaris, R., Martinez, S., Gomez, V. C., Marino, J., Goris, N., Williams, M. S., Cigaran, E., Nouryan, C. N., Patel, V. H., Myers, A. K., Barbero, P., Granville, D., Murray, L. F., Guzman, J., Makaryus, A. N., McFarlane, S. I., Zeltser, R., Pena, M., Sison, C., ... Harris, Y. T. (2025). Culturally Congruent Latino-Adapted Telemonitoring of Underrepresented Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The CULTURA-DM2 Trial. Clinical Diabetes, 43(1), 79-91. https://doi.org/10.2337/cd24-0002

Pekmezaris, R, Martinez, S, Gomez, VC, Marino, J, Goris, N, Williams, MS, Cigaran, E, Nouryan, CN, Patel, VH, Myers, AK, Barbero, P, Granville, D, Murray, LF, Guzman, J, Makaryus, AN, McFarlane, SI, Zeltser, R, Pena, M, Sison, C, Lesser, ML, Kline, M, Polo, J, DiClemente, RJ, Bauer, L, Baron-Yurkew, A, Elsayad, C, Muscarello, M, Gehrhardt, W, Zavala, N & Harris, YT 2025, 'Culturally Congruent Latino-Adapted Telemonitoring of Underrepresented Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The CULTURA-DM2 Trial', Clinical Diabetes, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 79-91. https://doi.org/10.2337/cd24-0002

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