Pilot RCT of a Chinese Medicine Diabetes Education Programme

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a Chinese medicine diabetes education programme is feasible and acceptable, and to explore its preliminary effects on self-management, for adults with type 2 diabetes in Hong Kong. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Is the Chinese medicine diabetes education programme feasible to deliver in a community setting (recruitment, retention and adherence)?
2. Is the programme acceptable to participants?
3. Does the programme show early signals of improving diabetes management self-efficacy and related outcomes?

Researchers will compare the Chinese medicine education programme to usual care to see if the programme is feasible, acceptable and shows preliminary benefits.

Participants will:

1. Be randomly assigned to either a 4-week Chinese medicine diabetes education programme (four group sessions, total 4-6 hours) or usual care
2. Complete assessments at baseline, after the programme, and at 2-month follow-up.
3. Attend a focus group interview at the end of the study (selected participants)

Outcome assessors will be blinded to group allocation.