NCT01517269

PETS-D (Parent Education Thru Simulation-Diabetes)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 191 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hypothesis: Parents who receive Parent Education Thru Simulation-Diabetes (PETS-D) will have significantly higher diabetes knowledge (cognitive visual schemata), better technical and problem-solving competence and confidence, and lower fear and stress/anxiety levels; and provide better diabetes management at 14 weeks compared to those parents receiving standard diabetes education.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Parent education with human patient simulator	After child is newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, parents will receive 3 teaching sessions over 12 weeks, after baseline data collected, at 1 month, and at 3 months, covering hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia and pattern management using teaching vignettes and practice with human patient simulator
BEHAVIORAL	Standard care	After child is newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, parents will receive 3 teaching sessions over 12 weeks, after baseline data collected, at 1 month, and at 3 months, covering hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia and pattern management without the use of a simulator

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-03-01
• Completion: 2015-03-01
• First posted: 2012-01-25
• Last updated: 2015-03-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States