Iterative Beta Testing of Videos for the DIPPer Academy

University of Kansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type1diabetes

Treatments: Other: Standard of Care; Behavioral: DIPPer Academy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03385265

1DP3DK108211-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

15040153

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research is to develop DIPPer Academy, a parent-focused, mobile health (mHealth) behavioral intervention to promote glycemic control in young children.

Full description

Because many young children with T1D have glucose levels that exceed targets, investigators need to develop efficacious, accessible, and readily disseminable interventions to help them to improve their glycemic control. To do this, the investigators need efficacious interventions that specifically address the challenges that parents of young children face in daily T1D management. Providers need mHealth interventions that minimize barriers that parents experience when trying to access face-to-face or in clinic interventions. Finally, interventions are needed that are packaged to be easily deployable by other diabetes centers. The investigator's proposed intervention, DIPPer Academy, will include all of these recommended advancements.

Enrollment: 62 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents of a young child who is between 3-5.99 years old and at least 6 months post T1D diagnosis
• Parents who are English-speaking.

Exclusion criteria

• Parents of young children with evidence of type 2 diabetes or monogenic diabetes.
• Parents with evidence of severe psychiatric disorder.
• Parents of young children with a comorbid chronic illness (e.g., renal disease) that requires ongoing care beyond T1D.
• Parents of young children with a history of anemia or medication use that may interact with glycemic control (e.g., systemic steroids).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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62 participants in 2 patient groups

DIPPer Academy

Experimental group

Description:

Parents randomized to this group will participate in the DIPPer Academy curriculum.

Treatment:

Behavioral: DIPPer Academy

Standard of Care Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Parents randomized to this group will receive care as usual from their child's diabetes provider

Treatment:

Other: Standard of Care