Evaluation of DIDGET TM World Reports

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate a Diabetes data management program in the hands of potential users, both lay persons and healthcare professionals. With this data management system glucose results from the DIDGET TM meter can be uploaded to a secure website and used by adults with diabetes, by parents and guardians of children with diabetes, and by health care professionals to monitor diabetes by recognizing trends and patterns in blood sugar levels.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Diabetes
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: DIDGET World Web Community Reports

Detailed Description

Diabetes data management programs upload glucose meter results to computers to provide information to lay persons and their health care professionals. With this data management system glucose results from the DIDGET TM meter can be uploaded to a secure website and used by adults with diabetes, by parents and guardians of children with diabetes, and by health care professionals to monitor diabetes by recognizing trends and patterns in blood sugar levels. During the study subjects performed specific tasks, such as uploading meter results and displaying reports. The study evaluates the subjects' success in using the software program, the program's ease of use, clarity and usefulness of user instructions, and user satisfaction with the diabetes data management program.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 51
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Escondido, California, United States, 92026
      • AMCR Institute

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Lay users must be:

  1. Be at least 18 years of age
  2. Have diabetes or be the parent or legal guardian of a child with diabetes
  3. Be testing blood sugar at home at least twice daily for at least one month or be the parent or legal guardian of a child who has been testing blood sugar at home at least twice daily for at least one month
  4. Be able to speak, read, and understand English
  5. Have experience using a PC, navigating software programs, or browsing the internet

• Healthcare professionals must:

  1. Have experience using the internet
  2. Have experience using diabetes data management software in the medical office

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Person working for a competitive medical device company
2. Person having a cognitive disorder or condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, would put the person at risk or compromise the integrity of the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Intervention / Treatment

Other: Intended Users of the Software; Young adults, parents/guardians of young people under age 18, and healthcare professionals who work with this population would be intended users of the data management program. The DIDGET World Reports software is used to upload blood glucose results from the DIDGET Blood Glucose Monitoring System so that intended users can identify patterns in their diabetes management.

Device: DIDGET World Web Community Reports; During the study subjects performed specific tasks, such as uploading meter results to a secure website and displaying reports.; Other Names: DIDGET World Web Community

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants Who Rated Successful (<=3) by Healthcare Professionals When Participants Performed Specific Software Tasks	Study staff rated participants on their success at performing specific tasks. The rating scale was: = Successful ( no assistance); = Successful after staff prompted to view user instructions; = Successful with verbal assistance or review of part of user instructions (as review a specific function during a Customer Service call); = Unsuccessful (Subject could not perform the task); = Subject could not perform task due to software or hardware failure after repeated attempt.	1-2 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants Who Rated Clarity and Usefulness of User Instructions as Good to Excellent (>=3)	After the software evaluation, subjects were asked to review the online help and rate it on a 5 point scale.; = Unacceptable; = Poor; = Good; = Very Good; = Excellent	1-2 hours
Number of Participants Who Rated Ease of Performing Specific Tasks as Very Simple to Neither Simple Nor Difficult (<=3 Rating)	Subjects rated ease of using the software with respect to specific tasks. The rating scale was: = Very Simple; = Simple; = Neither Simple nor Difficult; = Difficult; = Very Difficult	1-2 hours
Number of Participants Who Rated Their Satisfaction With The Following as Good to Excellent (>=3)	Subjects responded to questionnaires in rating features and appearance, usefulness, and satisfaction on a 5 point scale: = Unacceptable; = Poor; = Good; = Very Good; = Excellent	1-2 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ascensia Diabetes Care
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Timothy Bailey, MD, AMCR Institute

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2009
• Study Completion (Actual): June 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 17, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 17, 2009
• First Posted (Estimated): June 18, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 23, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 18, 2024
• Last Verified: September 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: CTD-2009-08