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Source
Brief title
Health condition
Diabetes Type 1
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
1. Psychosocial adaptation;
2. Satisfaction with care;
3. Glycaemic control.
Secondary outcome
1. Duration of the consultation;
2. The topics discussed;
3. Diabetes care-related actions;
4. Patient-and parent related characteristics.
Background summary
In a prospective multi-centre study, the effects are studied of an office-based, computerised Health-Related Quality of Life assessment in adolescent type 1 diabetes patients (13 –18 years), prior to their periodic outpatient consultation.
The outcomes of the assessment are discussed during consultation, as a means of tailoring care to the (changing) psychosocial needs of the adolescent with diabetes.
It is hypothesized that implementing this procedure will help to improve psychosocial and clinical outcomes, and satisfaction with care.
The study is carried out in 4 paediatric diabetes outpatient clinics (n=120), including the VUMC. At baseline, a comprehensive medico-psychosocial assessment is scheduled in participating patients and their parent(s). After randomisation, two centres in the control condition continue to deliver care-as-usual (3-monthly outpatient consultations). In the two centres randomised to the experimental condition, three successive HRQOL assessments are carried out prior to the 3-monthly consultation and outcomes are discussed during consultation.br> After 12 months, centres cross over to the other study arm, and patients are followed up for another 12 months. The study thus has a duration of 24 months per patient. The impact of 3 successive HRQOL assessments (3, 6, 9 months) on the primary outcome measures - psychosocial adaptation, satisfaction with care and glycaemic control - is determined at 12 months.
To help understand what mediates changes in outcomes, a baseline assessment is performed in patients and parents, and information is obtained in both conditions, concerning duration of consultations, topics discussed and actions undertaken (e.g. changes in regimen, referrals).
Study objective
3 successive HRQoL assessments, performed preceding the outpatient consultation with the paediatrician, impact positively on psychosocial adaptation, satisfaction with care, and glycaemic control at 12 months follow-up.
Intervention
3 successive HRQoL assessments, performed preceding the outpatient consultation with the paediatrician.
Medical Psychology,
Van der Boechorststraat 7
M. Wit, de
Van der Boechorststraat 7
Amsterdam 1081 BT
The Netherlands
+31 (0)20 4448420
m.dewit@vumc.nl
Medical Psychology,
Van der Boechorststraat 7
M. Wit, de
Van der Boechorststraat 7
Amsterdam 1081 BT
The Netherlands
+31 (0)20 4448420
m.dewit@vumc.nl
Inclusion criteria
Adolescents in the age range 13-18 with type 1 diabetes.
Exclusion criteria
Unable to read and speak Dutch, mental retardation, or treatment for an organic psychiatric disorde.
Design
Recruitment
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In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL117 |
| NTR-old | NTR149 |
| Other | : Diabetes Research Fund: 2003.00.020 |
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN65138334 |