Adolescent Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes: an Intervention (Completed) (YourWay)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: YourWay Internet Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NIH

Identifiers

NCT00848705

DK70026-01A2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goals of this R21 exploratory pilot and feasibility study were to: 1) design an Internet-based self-management intervention for adolescents with type 1 diabetes; 2) test that intervention in a small randomized trial to establish technical feasibility, intervention acceptability, and competence in completing the necessary recruitment and research procedures. Although not powered to detect statistically significant changes, possible outcomes of this study include improvements in problem-solving, coping, and self-management behaviors.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:diagnosed for at least 6 months, age 13-17; Internet access, parental consent -

Exclusion Criteria: Any sensory deficits that would preclude seeing or hearing.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Measurement Only

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: YourWay Internet Intervention

Internet Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: YourWay Internet Intervention