The Effectiveness of Photographic Educational Material on Carbohydrate Counting for Adolescents With Diabetes

April 12, 2010 updated by: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
The hypothesis of this study focuses on obtaining accurate information on the effectiveness of photographic educational material on orientation of carbohydrate counting for adolescents with diabetes.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The adolescents with diabetes at the Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes outpatient clinic, will be randomly distributed between two groups: those who will receive orientation on carbohydrate counting through photographic educational material and those through a list of foods equivalent.

Research will follow 3 steps:

First, data will be collected on age, gender, BMI, HbA1C, schooling, type of educational material and parents grade level; answer sheets will be applied to evaluate previous knowledge on carbohydrate counting; orientation will be provided on counting with photo material or list.

Second, after a month of using the educational material, a quiz by phone will be conducted with the sole intent to reinforce orientation.

Third, two days later, adolescents will be directed to the experimental kitchen to see portions of real food and provide answers on amount or choice of carbohydrate.

Statistical tools will be applied to evaluate results.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Brazil
      • São Paulo, Brazil, 05403000
        • Recruiting
        • University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
        • Contact:
          • Alexandre A. Ferraro, PHD
          • Phone Number: ( 5511) 30698672
          • Email: ferraro@usp.br
        • Principal Investigator:
          • Adriana S. Gandolfo, Dietitian

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

11 years to 19 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescents with diabetes aged 11 years to 19 years who count carbohydrates in their diet.
  • Adolescents with more than 6 years of study .
  • There is no restriction ethnic, social, gender, nutrition status, type of diabetes.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Adolescents with diabetes aged 11 years to 19 years who not count carbohydrate counting in your diet.
  • Adolescents with less than 6 years of study.
  • Adolescents who don't want to participated in this research.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Photographic Material
Photographic Educational Material on Carbohydrate Counting
Device: Photographic Educational Material
Photographic Educational Material on Carbohydrate Counting
Other Names:
  • Education
  • Nutrition
  • Photo

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number the answers correct or incorrect on carbohydrate counting in portions of real food
Time Frame: 1 month

One month after intervention the adolescents' ability in CH counting will be tested.

In an experimental kitchen, the adolescents will look at portions of real food and will provide answer sheet on carbohydrate counting.

The answer sheet have 11 questions based on the different food groups, each group will be represented by one type of food.

We will compare of photographic education material and list of foods equivalent by analysis of the answering sheets.

We will categorize the answers by correct or incorrect. The statistics analysis we will compare the average score of each group.
1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Alexandre A. Ferraro, Phd, University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

March 1, 2010

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

June 1, 2010

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

June 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 7, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 12, 2010

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

April 13, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

April 13, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 12, 2010

Last Verified

March 1, 2010

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1182/07

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