The SUPPORT-Pro Online Platform: Helping Healthcare Professionals to Increase Their Confidence Levels in Treating Individuals Living With T1D
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 229
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- To compare the level of confidence in treating individuals with type 1 diabetes measured at 3 months to the level of confidence measured at baseline.
研究概览
简要总结
Health care professionals (HCPs) help an support patients living with type 1 diabetes (PWT1D) who need to achieve optimal blood glucose control in order to prevent short and long term complications of T1D. However, studies show that not all HCPs are aware of T1D management as most of them only see PWT1D occasionally. This makes it difficult for HCPs to remain aware of the particularities of the condition and stay up-to-date on rapidly evolving technologies and therapies available. Moreover, low confidence levels and the inaccessibility to continuing medical education on the specificities of new therapies and technologies might increase the failure of HCPs to propose the optimal treatment plan to their PWT1D.
The SUPPORT online platform, that was first developed for PWT1D, was adjusted to suit the needs of HCPs (SUPPORT-Pro). The regularly updated bilingual (English and French) peer-reviewed content of SUPPORT, which covers the various elements that an individual with T1D needs to know to manage the disease and aims at making a better use of technologies and new therapies, is the first in its kind and is highly relevant for HCPs.
The main objective of this study is to determine if the SUPPORT-Pro online training platform can increase HCPs' (dietitians, nurses, pharmacists, medical doctors) confidence level in treating individuals with T1D. This study is a non-randomized pre-post trial. We hypothesize that the training provided through the SUPPORT-Pro online platform will significantly increase HCPs' confidence level in treating individuals with T1D after 3 months when compared to their confidence level before the intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Certified Health Care Professional (nurse, physician (including resident in medicine), dietitian, pharmacist) who is member of a regulatory body in Canada
- •Self-reported working with at least 1 patient with type 1 diabetes in the last six months
- •Has access to the Internet
- •Use of an active email address
- •Comprehension of English or French
排除标准
- •Certified diabetes educators
- •Working in a T1D specialized clinic
- •Living with T1D
- •Currently living with someone with T1D (e.g. kid, partner, etc.)
- •Working in the pharmaceutical industry
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
All participants partaking the SUPPORT-Pro study will receive the full intervention for 3 months which implies: (1) Full access to the platform (2) a newsletter sent by email every 2 weeks to inform them on the new blogs posted on the platform.
During the following 9 months, participants will still have access to the platform, but no newsletter will be sent (sustainability phase).
干预措施: Intervention (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
To compare the level of confidence in treating individuals with type 1 diabetes measured at 3 months to the level of confidence measured at baseline.
时间窗: 3 months
Levels of confidence will be measured using a questionnaire inspired from the Maternal Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Management Scale (MSED). For this study, MSED was modified to better assess the self-confidence of health care professionals. We have converted the 17-item questionnaire to a 19-item questionnaire (removing questions specific to familial support and adding questions on new therapies and technologies) and edited the wording of the questions. Every item is rated on a scale from 1 to 5. The satisfaction score will be the sum of all items, on a maximum of 95. Confidence levels at 3 months and at baseline will be compared using paired t-test with a 95% confidence interval, if normality assumption of the paired difference holds. Otherwise, the non-parametric counterpart, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, will be used and a 95% non-parametric confidence interval will be provided.
次要结局
- To compare, in each specific group of HCPs (nurses, dietitians, doctors and pharmacists), the confidence levels in treating their patients with T1D after 3 months of access to the SUPPORT-Pro platform with confidence at baseline.(3 months)
- Number of posts of the discussion forum(3 months)
- Number of completed courses(3 months)
- Number of completed categories(3 months)
- To measure the sustainability of change in all HCPs' confidence in treating patients with T1D at 12 months(12 months)
- Time spent on the platform(3 months)
- Number of viewed videos(3 months)
- Satisfaction of the platform.(3 months)
研究者
Anne-Sophie Brazeau
Associate Professor
McGill University