Providing Diabetes Services in the Lions Eye Clinic: a Pilot Project to Assess the Impact of Diabetes Education During Ophthalmology Visits
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 36
- 主要终点
- Change from Baseline in Patient Knowledge about Diabetes at 3 months (via multiple-choice surveys)
研究概览
简要总结
The overarching purpose of this project is to provide diabetes education to the diverse patient population at the Lions Eye Clinic, a resident-run ophthalmology practice at California Pacific Medical Center. Because of high clinic volume in a teaching environment, our patients often experience long wait times. The goal of this program is to utilize this wait time for diabetes education, a much-needed corollary to the eye care that patients receive at our clinic.
This pilot project will investigate the impact of a program like this in our patient population. Specifically, the investigators are investigating whether diabetes education delivered in an ophthalmology setting enhances patient understanding of diabetes (via knowledge surveys) and/or leads to improved blood glucose control (via hemoglobin A1c). This is a 6-month study that runs through April 2015, and looks at the impact of an interactive diabetes education iPad app +/- in-person sessions with a diabetes educator. A subset of patients who meet with a diabetes educator will also be shown their own retinal images (compared to a normal retina).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes (as defined by evident systemic findings OR recent hemoglobin A1c OR patient report, as specific blood sugar data and knowledge of particular medications are often limited in this population)
- •Age 18-75
- •Able and willing to provide informed consent
- •Speak English, Spanish, or any other language for which a translator is present
排除标准
- •Advanced visual acuity loss in both eyes which prevents adequate use of educational tools
- •Pregnant women, elderly patients (>75 years old), children and adolescents (17 or younger)
- •Non-English/Spanish speakers for whom a translator is not present
结局指标
主要结局
Change from Baseline in Patient Knowledge about Diabetes at 3 months (via multiple-choice surveys)
时间窗: Participants will be re-surveyed at their next follow-up eye appointment, an expected average of 3 months post-intervention
Objective assessment of patient knowledge about diabetes using 13 multiple-choice questions
次要结局
- Change from Baseline Hemoglobin A1c at 3 months(Participants will have repeat lab drawn at their next follow-up eye appointment, an expected average of 3 months post-intervention)
- Patient Satisfaction / Motivation / Subjective Improvement in Knowledge (brief surveys)(1 day)
- Change from Baseline in Patient Knowledge about Diabetes Immediately after using Educational Services (via multiple-choice surveys)(1 day)