Constructed Intervention by Home and School Diabetes Nurse Visits on Diabetic Control of Children With Type I Diabetes

The Efficacy of Constructed Intervention by Home and School Visits by Diabetes Nurses on Diabetic Control of Children With Type I Diabetes

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01382459

Enrollment

100

Registered

2011-06-27

Start date

2011-07-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2011-06-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Keywords

children

Brief summary

The investigators assume that an intervention program that includes home visits and trainings of diabetes' nurse and dietitian will lead to an improvement of the patients' metabolic balance, a decrease in complications' rate, a reduction of hospitalizations and an economic streamlining.

Detailed description

The investigators assume that during the study, subjects from the intervention group will reach a better metabolic balance than the control group. In this group the following changes will occur: * A decrease in HbA1C levels. * A decrease in Hypoglycemia events. * A decrease in DKA events. * A decrease in patients' visits in ER and hospitalizations. * An improvement in the knowledge of the patients and their families about the disease.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

4 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Type 1 DM diagnosis from at least 8 months/ * HbA1C levels \>8 * Signed inform consent.

Exclusion criteria

\- Children who are not in educational settings and are not hebrew or arabic speakers.

Countries

Israel

Contacts

Primary ContactEli Hershkovitz, PI

elih@bgu.ac.il972- 522629025

Backup ContactAddi Maabari, S.C

adimaa@clalit.org.il972-547280902

Outcome results