Diabetes Toolkit at Discharge

Northwestern University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Insulin Dependent Diabetes

Treatments: Other: DM Discharge Toolkit

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05663931

STU00216291

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to implement the DM Discharge Toolkit into hospital discharge and assess the effect of the DM Discharge Toolkit on patients newly requiring insulin.

Full description

This study is a randomized controlled trial with a parallel group design of up to 120 study participants in a 1:1 ratio to receive either current standard of care discharge DM training (control) or current standard of care discharge DM training and the DM Discharge Toolkit (intervention) before or immediately after being sent home to assume self-DM care with insulin.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English speaking patients
• 18 years of age and older
• Expected survival >90 days
• Need for new insulin at time of hospital discharge

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with the inability to give informed consent
• Non-English speaking
• Not diagnosed with diabetes
• Not been newly prescribed insulin

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

DM Discharge Toolkit

Experimental group

Description:

Up to 60 participants will be recruited for the intervention group. Participants will receive the current standard of care DM education for insulin at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the adjunctive education with the DM Discharge Toolkit.

Treatment:

Other: DM Discharge Toolkit

Current Standard of Care Discharge DM Training

No Intervention group

Description:

Up to 60 participants will be recruited for the control group. Participants will receive the current standard of care DM education for insulin use during current discharge care processes at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.