Skype for Youth With Poorly Controlled Diabetes

Oregon Health and Science University92 enrolled

Overview

Compared family-based skills training (aka, Behavioral Family Systems Therapy) to youth with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes and their parents either face-to-face or over SkypeTM. Examined the differential impact on the youth's adherence to the diabetes medical regimen and the youth's blood sugar control.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Type 1 Diabetes

Interventions

BFSTBEHAVIORAL

Family-based skills training.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Youth between the ages of 12 and 18 with type 1 diabetes characterized by an HbA1c value great than 9% * Caregivers willing to participate * Family members reading English at 5th grade level * Willing to be randomized. Exclusion Criteria: * Youth with intellectual disability * Parent or youth who doesn't speak English

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

HbA1c

HbA1c values for both intervention groups improved from baseline to 3 months and from 3 months to 6 months.

Time frame: Change from Baseline to 3 months and from 3 months to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Adherence to diabetes treatment using the Diabetes Self Management Profile (DSMP) (Harris et al, 2001).

DSMP scores for both intervention groups improved from baseline to 3 months and from 3 months to 6 months.

Time frame: Change from Baseline to 3 months and from 3 months to 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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