Implementing a Transition Preparation Intervention for Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes in an Integrated Healthcare Setting
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Enrollment
- 62
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of session views
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this research study is to find out more about how to support young adults (ages 18-22) with type 1 diabetes as they prepare to transition from pediatric and adult endocrinology medical care.
Detailed Description
The overarching goal of the proposed trial is to improve diabetes self-management and glycemic control in young adults and prepare them for the transition to adult endocrinology. The current application will investigate the impact of a multisystem transition preparation intervention for young adults (ages 18-22) with T1D. Twenty-five young adults and a parent will be enrolled in a 6-month transition preparation program which will use a hybrid in-person and technology delivery structure. Providers will receive training highlighting their role preparing young adults for transition and provides practical tips to use in their communication with young adults. If effective, this multisystem intervention, designed to enhance T1D self-management and increase young adults' readiness for transition to adult healthcare during this critical developmental period, has the potential to inform clinical practice guidelines.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Both members of the youth/parent dyad must meet all eligibility criteria
- •Young adults
- •English-speaking
- •patients in Pediatric Endocrinology at Children's Hospital of Richmond (CHoR) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
- •between ages 18-22 yrs with a
- •diagnosis of T1D for \>1 year
- •greater than 18 years of age
- •provide care to the young adult with T1D
- •are willing to participate in the intervention
- •Medical providers
Exclusion Criteria
- •Young adults
- •significant psychiatric, cognitive, medical or developmental conditions that would impair their ability to complete assessments and/or engage in diabetes self-care behaviors (e.g., malignancies, psychosis, intellectual disability), as documented in the medical record or revealed during eligibility screening, or
- •medically-induced diabetes or diagnosis of diabetes other than type 1 diabetes
- •non-English speaking
- •psychiatric, cognitive, or developmental conditions that would impair their ability to complete assessments and/or engage in the intervention as determined at study screening
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of session views
Time Frame: 6 months
Number of opened electronic materials (e.g., opened messages in the patient health portal))
Number of sessions attended
Time Frame: 6 months
Number of study visits (attendance)
Program acceptability - young adult
Time Frame: 9 months
Young adult report on satisfaction with the program via an exit survey
Program acceptability - provider
Time Frame: 9 months
Provider report on satisfaction with the program via an exit survey
Program acceptability - parent
Time Frame: 9 months
Parent report on satisfaction with the program via an exit survey
Secondary Outcomes
- Diabetes-related hospitalizations(9 months)
- Change in adherence to diabetes care regimen(Baseline to 9 months)
- Change in transition readiness(Baseline to 9 months)
- Change in Glycemic control(Baseline to 9 months)