ife skills for adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents

Completed

Conditions: Type I diabetes
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

Registration Number: ISRCTN54243636

Lead Sponsor: Hillerød Hospital (Denmark)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adolescents between the ages 13 - 18 years, either sex, and their parents
2. A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes for at least 1 year
3. Poorly regulated, defined by a HbA1c above or equal to 8.0%
4. Participants must speak, read, write and understand Danish

Exclusion Criteria

1. Adolescents with severe illness, mental problems, in current psychological or psychiatric treatment
2. Adolescents who do not want to participate and do not sign a consent form
3. Parents with severe illness, mental problems, in current psychological or psychiatric treatment
4. Parents who do not want to participate and do not sign a consent form
5. Unable to speak, read, write and understand Danish

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measured at baseline and every third month until the end of the study:<br>1. HbA1c<br>2. Perception of Parents Scale (POPS)<br>3. Health Care Climate Questionaire (HCCQ)<br>4. Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID)<br>5. Perception of Competence (PCD)<br>6. World Health Organization Wellbeing Index (WHO5 - well-being)<br>7. Self monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) per week and cancellations or failure to show up are registered

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measured at baseline, 6 months and 12 months:<br>Regarding the qualitative part, adolescents and their parents from the intervention group are being followed through the process. Consultations at the Paediatric Outpatient Clinics are being taped. At the end of the study adolescents, parents and health professionals are interviewed. Constant comparative analysis as recommended by Grounded Theory is used.