NCT02334137

A Pilot Project to Assess the Impact of Diabetes Education During Ophthalmology Visits

Providing Diabetes Services in the Lions Eye Clinic: a Pilot Project to Assess the Impact of Diabetes Education During Ophthalmology Visits

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The overarching purpose of this project is to provide diabetes education to the diverse patient population at the Lions Eye Clinic, a resident-run ophthalmology practice at California Pacific Medical Center. Because of high clinic volume in a teaching environment, our patients often experience long wait times. The goal of this program is to utilize this wait time for diabetes education, a much-needed corollary to the eye care that patients receive at our clinic. This pilot project will investigate the impact of a program like this in our patient population. Specifically, the investigators are investigating whether diabetes education delivered in an ophthalmology setting enhances patient understanding of diabetes (via knowledge surveys) and/or leads to improved blood glucose control (via hemoglobin A1c). This is a 6-month study that runs through April 2015, and looks at the impact of an interactive diabetes education iPad app +/- in-person sessions with a diabetes educator. A subset of patients who meet with a diabetes educator will also be shown their own retinal images (compared to a normal retina).

Conditions

• Diabetes Complications
• Diabetic Retinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	iPad app	Provided by the Patient Education Institute, the "X-plain" iPad app includes modules on healthy eating for diabetics, eye complications, foot care, and others.
BEHAVIORAL	Educator sessions	A certified diabetes educator and/or registered dietitian will meet with patients for 30-60 minutes prior to their ophthalmology visits, when scheduling permits.
BEHAVIORAL	Retinal photos	A resident ophthalmologist will spend approximately 5 minutes showing patient their own retinal photos, compared to a normal retina, and explaining the pathology present (if applicable).

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-11-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2015-01-08
• Last updated: 2016-07-27