Disaster Preparedness Among Families Caring for Children With Diabetes

Completed

Conditions studied: Diabetes

In brief

The primary aim of the survey is to ascertain the emergency preparedness among our families with diabetes mellitus and to obtain a percentage of unprepared to the ones who are prepared. The secondary aim is to demonstrate the relationship between disaster preparedness and factors like socio-economic status, parent's marital status, ethnicity and those who had prior experience of a disaster to those who have not experienced a disaster.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00781313

Run by

Baylor College of Medicine

People needed

142

Starts

2008-06-01

Expected to finish

2009-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-07-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects include families of children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the Diabetes/ Endocrine Clinic at Texas Children Hospital.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects excluded are families of Children with illnesses other than type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the Diabetes/ Endocrine Clinic at Texas Children Hospital.

Where it is running

• Texas Children Hospital — Houston, Texas, United States

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