Type 1 Diabetes
Conditions
Keywords
online based mentoring program,, type 1 diabetes,, blood glucose,, satisfaction score
Brief summary
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of online based mentoring program on the blood glucose and satisfaction score in type 1 diabetes patients. Peer group mentoring will be as effective as guidance by the doctors. Methods: 80 type 1 patients will be randomly divided into two groups (e.g. mentoring program group and control group). All patients will receive routine check up and blood test for ordinary type 1 patients. In addition, program group patients should register their SMBG, exercise, food intake and insulin dose on the website designed for this study and receive advices of mentors from peer group. Every patient will submit questionnaire on the first day of the study and the last day(after 12 weeks) of the study.
Detailed description
Subjects with T1DM on intensive insulin therapy and with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥8.0% were randomized to mentored (glucometer transmission with feedback from mentors) or control (glucometer transmission without feedback) groups and were examined for 12 weeks. Five mentors were interviewed and selected, of which two were T1DM patients themselves and three were parents with at least one child diagnosed with T1DM since more than 5 years ago.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMentoring program
mentoring program group patients should register their SMBG, exercise, food intake and insulin dose on the website designed for this study and receive advices of mentors from peer group.
Sponsors
Samsung Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* age \> 18, more than 6 month after the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes * HbA1c \> 8% despite of multiple insulin injection or insulin pump * who are capable of using the internet
Exclusion criteria
* pregnant women * who cannot use the internet * those who does not want to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| change of the blood glucose | week 0 (baseline), 6, 12 | HbA1c, Fructosamine |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| satisfaction score | week 0 (baseline), 6, 12 | incidence of hypoglycemia, numbers of daily SMBG, DTSQs, DTSQc, ADDQoL |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed