Prevention Through Intervention: Telehealth Solution to Deter 911 Calls Due to Hypoglycemia

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypoglycemia; Hypoglycemia Acute; Hypoglycemia Unawareness; Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments: Behavioral: Hypoglycemia Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03665870

UAB-CHSP-2017-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to standardize and evaluate the benefits of the Prevention to Intervention program offered by the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service. This will accomplished by standardizing the educational materials used, offering phone based follow-up and pre-post data collection.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Be a citizen of Birmingham
2. Be 18 years or older
3. Receive Dextrose-50 IV (intravenous treatment provided by EMS personnel for hypoglycemia)
4. Understand and speak English

Exclusion criteria

a) Enrolled currently in any diabetes related educational programs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Hypoglycemia Education: Participants will receive educational support to prevent repeat episodes of hypoglycemia.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Hypoglycemia Education