NCT03241212

Adolescent Self-Care and Knowledge Education in Diabetes--Improved by Texting

Adolescent Self-Care and Knowledge Education in Diabetes--Improved by Texting (ASKED-IT)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 148 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study is a randomized controlled trial assessing diabetes knowledge (using a Mercy-What I Know About Diabetes Test (MWIKAD) validated survey) and self-care practices (using a validated Self-management of Type 1 Diabetes-Adolescence (SMOD-A) survey) at baseline, 3 months and 6 months. The intervention group will receive a minimum of 78 text messages related to diabetes over the course of 26 weeks from study enrollment. Subjects are invited to respond to some text messages which will be in the form of a multiple-choice question and if they do, they will receive an additional text message in response to their answer.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Texting	From baseline appointment to 6 month follow up, those participants randomly assigned to the texting intervention will receive a text message every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Some text messages will be informational only, others will ask the participant for a response to a multiple-choice question with immediate feedback on the answer chosen.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-12
• Primary completion: 2018-12-14
• Completion: 2018-12-14
• First posted: 2017-08-07
• Last updated: 2019-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States