D-STAR (Diabetes-System To Access Records): An Online Patient Portal to Improve and Sustain Diabetes Self-Care
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 331
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Composite measure of diabetes self-care activities, developed from the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Measure
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to see if an online program for patients with diabetes helps patients improve their self-care (how they take their medications, what they eat, how much they exercise, and whether they smoke).
Detailed Description
Patient portals are online programs that can provide a number of functions for patients, among them:
- Ability to request appointments, referrals, and medication refills;
- Ability to send secure electronic messages to medical staff, and to receive replies;
- Access to the medical record;
- Disease management
We are comparing two patient portals with different sets of features to determine if personalized information and guidance can improve self-care and measures of diabetes-related health. Self-care measures will be assessed using standardized questionnaires at baseline, 3, and 6 months. Chart review will be used to assess measures of diabetes-related health.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Masking
- Single
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- •Has access to Internet
- •Has e-mail address
- •Established patient at one of four participating practices at University of Colorado Hospital
Exclusion Criteria
- •Non-English speaking
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Composite measure of diabetes self-care activities, developed from the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Measure
Time Frame: Surveys at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months
Secondary Outcomes
- Qualitative assessment of the program by patients and medical staff(Interviews after 9 months of deployment)
- Biological markers of diabetes care (hemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, LDL cholesterol)(Incidentally obtained over 9 months of care)