Transition from paediatric to adult care in Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Completed

• Conditions: Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Mental Health - Diabetes

• Registration Number: ACTRN12607000231448
• Lead Sponsor: Professor Kate Steinbeck

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2007-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. In practice the upper age limit will be less than 20 years but older subjects will be included to 24 years (youth) if they have not been discharged from paediatric care and if they have never seen an adult diabetes service.

Exclusion Criteria

Type 2 Diabetes mellitus

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time between last paediatric service visit and first adult service visit[Assessed at 6 and 12 months, with further funding being sought to extend the trial with further timepoints at 18 months.];Number of visits to adult service and retention in adult service[Assessed at 6 and 12 months, with further funding being sought to extend the trial with further timepoints at 18 months.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Diabetes related phone contacts; change to alternate adult service; diabetes related hospital admissions; glycaemic control by HbA1c; microvascular complication assessment by self report and report by Diabetes Service using presence of absence of retinopathy and presence or absence of microalbuminuria; emotional and psychosocial wellbeing using Child Health Questionnaire, Harter self-perception questionnaire and Diabetes knowledge and competency questionnaire.[At 0 & 6 and 12 months and at 18 months if funding allows.]