NCT01382459

Constructed Intervention by Home and School Diabetes Nurse Visits on Diabetic Control of Children With Type I Diabetes

The Efficacy of Constructed Intervention by Home and School Visits by Diabetes Nurses on Diabetic Control of Children With Type I Diabetes

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Soroka University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators assume that an intervention program that includes home visits and trainings of diabetes' nurse and dietitian will lead to an improvement of the patients' metabolic balance, a decrease in complications' rate, a reduction of hospitalizations and an economic streamlining.

Detailed description

The investigators assume that during the study, subjects from the intervention group will reach a better metabolic balance than the control group. In this group the following changes will occur: * A decrease in HbA1C levels. * A decrease in Hypoglycemia events. * A decrease in DKA events. * A decrease in patients' visits in ER and hospitalizations. * An improvement in the knowledge of the patients and their families about the disease.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-07-01
• First posted: 2011-06-27
• Last updated: 2011-06-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel