Constructed Intervention by Home and School Diabetes Nurse Visits on Diabetic Control of Children With Type I Diabetes

Soroka University Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01382459

sor517111ctil

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators assume that an intervention program that includes home visits and trainings of diabetes' nurse and dietitian will lead to an improvement of the patients' metabolic balance, a decrease in complications' rate, a reduction of hospitalizations and an economic streamlining.

Full description

The investigators assume that during the study, subjects from the intervention group will reach a better metabolic balance than the control group. In this group the following changes will occur:

• A decrease in HbA1C levels.
• A decrease in Hypoglycemia events.
• A decrease in DKA events.
• A decrease in patients' visits in ER and hospitalizations.
• An improvement in the knowledge of the patients and their families about the disease.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Type 1 DM diagnosis from at least 8 months/
• HbA1C levels >8
• Signed inform consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Children who are not in educational settings and are not hebrew or arabic speakers.

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

type 1 DM children- intervention group

Description:

will have home visits and trainings at school

type 1 DM children- control group

Description:

will receive the standard care at the clinic