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

NCT ID: NCT01486290

Last Updated: 2014-03-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

52 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-07-31

Study Completion Date

2012-12-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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This is a study to evaluate whether short term focused intervention by a geriatric diabetes team to help overcome barriers to diabetes care in older adults will result in improved clinical, functional, and quality of life measures compared to usual care in a cost effective manner. In addition, we will assess whether the support network formed during intervention by the geriatric diabetes team will empower patients, resulting in long lasting improvement in parameters after intervention is completed.

Conditions

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Diabetes

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Geriatric Diabetes Team Intervention

The subjects in this group underwent evaluation for barriers to self care by a diabetes educator well versed with age specific barriers. After consideration of patient clinical, function, and psychosocial background, a geriatric diabetes team devised strategy to help patients cope with respective barriers. An office based diabetes diabetes educator conveyed the strategy to patient and caregivers viz phone calls. the educator called study participants up wot eleven times over a sex month period.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

the intervention included developing strategies to help patients cope with their barriers to self care. The intervention were implemented by an office based educator over a six month by phone calls. From six months to twelve months subjects did not have any contact with study staff.

Atention Control Arm

The subjects in the group received similar, in person contact, as the intervention group. an educator, separate from the one involved in the intervention team, called patients in this group for a total of eleven times within the first six months. The Phone calls were focused toward general discussion without any diabetes related advice.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Behavioral

the intervention included developing strategies to help patients cope with their barriers to self care. The intervention were implemented by an office based educator over a six month by phone calls. From six months to twelve months subjects did not have any contact with study staff.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Clinical Education Nutrition Care coordination

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 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

Exclusion Criteria

* 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
Minimum Eligible Age

69 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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American Diabetes Association

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Joslin Diabetes Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Medha Munshi

Director of Geriactric Diabetes Clinic

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Medha N Munshi, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Joslin Diabetes Center

Locations

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Joslin Diabetes Center

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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Other Identifiers

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07-03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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