Home and School Visits Intervention for Children With DM TYPE 1

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev92 enrolled

Overview

Home and school visits by multidisciplinary team will improve metabolic control in kids having insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Diabetes Type 1

Interventions

Home and school visitsOTHER

Each child in the intervention group received, in addition to the standard care at the diabetic clinic, home and school visits by a multidisciplinary team during one year.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 4 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * HbA1c ≥ 8% at baseline, and diabetes duration of at least 7 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients during honeymoon period * Patients and their parents who do not speak Hebrew or Arabic * Patients who were not under any educational system * Patients who had other severe chronic disorders

Locations (1)

Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Soroka Medical Center

Beersheba, Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

HBA1C

Time frame: 2 YEARS

Secondary Outcomes

Number of DKA episodes

Time frame: 2 YEARS

Number of Hospitalizations

Time frame: 2 years

Hypoglycemia rate

Time frame: 2 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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