Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Diabetes Management in the Elderly: A Cost-effective Intervention Study

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Conditions studied: Diabetes

In brief

The purpose of this study is to find ways to identify barriers that affect self care in older adult with diabetes and to provide cost effective coping strategies to improve clinical, functional and psychosocial measures.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01486290

Run by

Joslin Diabetes Center

People needed

52

Starts

2007-07-01

Expected to finish

2012-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-03-28

Who can join

Age: 69 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 70 years and older
• Diagnosis of type 1 or type 2 diabetes
• Seen at Joslin Clinic or Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for at least one year
• HbA1c 8% X 2 in past 6 months without fluctuation of more than 0.5% (i.e. stable poor control)
• No major change in medications in past 3 months, e.g. addition of insulin or another hypoglycemic agent

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with terminal diseases, e.g. malignancy with expected life expectancy of 12 months or less
• Patients who live more than 25 miles from Joslin Clinic/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Patients who live in an institutional setting (e.g. nursing home, group home, etc)
• Patients who are not able to complete outcome assessments, (e.g. poor vision, diminished mental capacity/severe cognitive decline, unable to speak/read/write English

Where it is running

• Joslin Diabetes Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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