Diabetes education for adolescents

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Type 1 diabetes; Diabetes

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13331558
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Ulster (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-04-03
• Last Update Posted: 8 May 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

1. Adolescents of either sex between the ages of 13-19 years
2. Have been diagnosed with diabetes for no less than 12 months

Every effort will be made to include all adolescents who wish to form part of the study population.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Adolescents who have been diagnosed for less than 12 months
2. Other medical conditions affecting diabetes management
3. Adolescents with a registered learning disability
4. Intensive involvement of social services with the family (verified in medical notes)
5. Psychiatric admission in past 6 months
6. Diagnosis of psychosis
7. Documented behavioural difficulties/disorder in the adolescent?s medical notes where a referral has been made for further specialist help
8. Major depression managed by anyone other than the adolescent?s general practitioner (GP), e.g. psychiatry
9. Documented substance abuse disorder
10. Documented eating disorder or suspected eating disorder in adolescent?s medical notes
11. History of self-harm documented in the adolescent?s medical notes

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
HbA1c<br><br>See interventions section above for details of timepoints.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Weight gain<br>2. Self-management strategies<br>3. Quality of life<br>4. Empowerment<br>5. Hypoglycaemic episodes<br>6. Completion rate<br><br>See interventions section above for details of timepoints.