NCT03147274

Group Education Curriculum for Older Teens With Type 1 Diabetes

Evaluation of a Group Curriculum to Improve Self-Management Adherence and Transition Readiness in Older Teens With Type 1 Diabetes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Boston Children's Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

SMART T1D is a research study that offers interactive diabetes education for teens with type 1 diabetes in peer groups led by diabetes nurse educators. Participants in the study will be randomly assigned to either receive three of the group sessions in addition to their routine clinic care or to receive their usual diabetes clinic care.

Detailed description

The objective of this 12-month pilot randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the impact of a 3-session group educational curriculum, compared to standard care, on self-care adherence and transition readiness in adolescents with type 1 diabetes in the Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) Diabetes Program. Adolescents (15-18 years) with T1D will be randomized to receive a 3-session group curriculum ("SMART T1D" - Self-Management, Adherence and Readiness for Transition in T1D) in addition to usual care (intervention group) or to receive usual care with individual diabetes visits (control group) and electronic newsletters to match for attention.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention	Patients randomized to the intervention group will attend 3 SMART T1D group curriculum sessions over the study period, in addition to usual diabetes clinic care. Each interactive group session will last 2 hours and will be facilitated by a diabetes nurse educator.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-03
• Primary completion: 2019-02-21
• Completion: 2019-02-21
• First posted: 2017-05-10
• Last updated: 2019-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States