NCT00566475

School Centered Telemedicine Program for Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: State University of New York - Upstate Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if using school-based telemedicine for diabetes support and education in students with type 1 diabetes in grades K-8 can lead to improvement in control of diabetes and improved satisfaction of all caregivers.

Detailed description

Subjects, ages 5 to 14 years (grades kindergarten through eighth) were randomized to usual care (18 students; 13 schools) or intervention (23 students; 12 schools). Usual care included medical visits every 3 months and communication between school nurse and diabetes team as needed by phone. The intervention group received usual care plus a telemedicine unit in the school nurse office to videoconference between the school nurse, child, and diabetes team every month. Hemoglobin A1c and pediatric quality of life were measured every 3 months for 1 year. Analyses used multilevel modeling.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	telemedicine	School telemedicine intervention involving school personnel, the child with type 1 diabetes and at least 1 parent

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-01-01
• Primary completion: 2008-01-01
• Completion: 2008-01-01
• First posted: 2007-12-03
• Last updated: 2021-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States