Transition of Diabetes Care From Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Providers.

NCT03844126 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: STUDY0007974
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 55
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A dedicated pre-transition class, as proposed in this study, could help facilitate a smooth transition between pediatric and adult diabetes care. The innovation in this study is that these classes are an opportunity for the patients and their families to meet with the Adult Diabetes Team consisting of a diabetologist, RD and CDE, prior to the transition of care. Having met them would then increase the likelihood of compliance with the Adult clinic visits.

Conditions

Transition

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Transition preparedness

  Patients with be given the modified TRAQ questionnaire before and after the program. A team consisting of an adult diabetes provider, diabetes nurse educator and dietitian will meet in small groups with adolescents between ages 16-18 years to provide them with 'adult specific' goals and discuss various topics like college preparedness, expectations from adult providers, potential changes in dynamics of diabetes management etc.

  1 month

Study Arms (1)

Patients attending the classes

EXPERIMENTAL

The patients attending the transition classes will receive a survey to assess transition preparedness before and after attending the class.

Other: Transition classes

Interventions

Transition classes OTHER

90 minutes spent with patients and their families (separately) to review the changes and challenges associated with healthcare transition and help alleviate some of the barriers traditionally associated with this process.

Patients attending the classes

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 21 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

You may not qualify if:

• Not wanting to participate in the classes

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Milton S. Hershey Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Kanthi Bangalore Krishna, MD

  PSHMC

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 11, 2018
• First Posted: February 18, 2019
• Study Start: April 13, 2018
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2020
• Study Completion: June 30, 2020
• Last Updated: December 24, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-12

Locations

US (1)