Mobile Communication Technology for Adolescents With Diabetes

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Conditions studied: Type 1 Diabetes

In brief

Among those with type I diabetes, adolescents can be among the worst at achieving glycemic control. Behaviors normal in adolescent development (e.g., developing independence, rejecting parental norms in favor of peers) can be at odds with the demands of effective diabetes self-management. Modifying the family and patient interaction should be a crucial component to improving the ability of an adolescent to manage his or her diabetes. Mobile technology is becoming more popular in medicine, and adolescents, as a group are more inclined to accept technology as an adjunct to care. Mobile technology that links adolescents to health providers could help them to work through complex information that must be processed to make good decisions. Since this "assistance" comes from health professionals, it should help relax parents somewhat, thus reducing problems associated with parental hypervigilance and manipulation of the regimen to avoid problems of hypoglycemia. Parental-child conflicts may therefore be reduced by using cell phone glucose monitoring technology that directly reports self-blood glucose monitoring data to providers and creates a communication link to discuss therapeutic options. This study investigates whether the use of mobile technology, in the form of a cell phone glucose monitoring system, will help reduce the need for parents to assert behavioral control, which can negatively impact adolescent diabetes self-management. The study will also determine whether adolescents report improved quality of life, demonstrate competence in diabetes management, and are able to achieve better control of their diabetes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00605839

Run by

Indiana University

People needed

105

Starts

2008-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-11

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adolescent with thpe 1 diabetes
• Adolescents in the study must intend to remain in the care of participating clinics for the extent of the study
• Adolescents in the study must be literate in English.

You may not qualify if…

• Only one patient per family can participate
• Patients who participated in preliminary studies related to the development of the cell phone technology will be excluded.

Where it is running

• Riley Hospital Diabetes Clinics — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

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