NCT00961974

Intensive Care Program for Youth With Diabetes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 154 (actual)
• Sponsor: Joslin Diabetes Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the ability of a family-focused, office-based intervention to improve medical and behavioral outcomes for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Care Ambassador Intervention	Care Ambassador provides additional monthly outreach (by phone or e-mail) to families between clinic visits.
BEHAVIORAL	Psychoeducational Intervention	A psychoeducational intervention module is reviewed with the family by the Care Ambassador at each clinic visit. The intervention focuses on incorporating intensive therapy into the daily routine of the child through positive family support for blood glucose monitoring and healthy eating. The intervention modules review positive family communication, realistic expectations, ways to avoid perfectionism and maintain family involvement, prevention of hypoglycemia, avoidance of diabetes-specific family conflict, and approaches to reducing "diabetes burnout".

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-04-01
• Primary completion: 2005-06-01
• Completion: 2005-06-01
• First posted: 2009-08-19
• Last updated: 2021-08-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States