Web-based Education for Diabetes Patients on Adaptable Insulin Schedules (Telediabetes)

June 24, 2016 updated by: University Hospital, Ghent

The Belgian Quality of Life and Costs Study on Web-based Education for Diabetes Patients on Adaptable Insulin Schedules

Inclusion criteria: adult diabetes patients on multiple daily insulin injections or using an insulin pump; Internet users Exclusion criteria: having a severe mental illness Patients will be recruited during the conventional consult. If they want to participate, they will get detailed information regarding the study; after giving consent; they will sign the informed consent form and they will get a unique study number.

The patient will than complete a questionnaire on a secured website (https://) using the unique study number. After completing this questionnaire, the patient will be randomised either into a group 'standard care + direct start with web-based diabetes education' (intervention group) or they will enter into the other group (control) receiving standard care. Three months after the start of the study, all patients will be asked to complete the questionnaire again and the patients into the control group will also get access to 'standard care + web-based diabetes education'. The questionnaire will have to be completed on months 6, year 1 and year 2. At the time of completing the questionnaire, HbA1c will be determined. This is part of the routine examination in each participating hospital (UZGent and AZ Nikolaas). The determination of HbA1c is not study-specific but the value will be taken into the study.

The web-based questionnaire:

Patients will enter on a website including general study-information. They also have to explicitly click a button to proceed to the questionnaire. After clicking on 'I am prepared to participate in the study' they will see a second webpage retrieving some general information. After receiving this real basic information; they will be redirected to a secure website (https://) and will make use of a unique study number. Only the main researcher will have the possibility to link the general information to the unique study number.

The informed consent form:

The patient will be asked for added information. He/she will have to sign specific pages giving explicitly informed consent for information retrieved from the 'mutualiteit' (National Health Service - NHS).

On the NHS information will be asked regarding the health costs. These figures should make it possible to have a more objective figure of the costs associated to diabetes (care).

The patient can stop on every moment the study participation. Once decided he/she wants to stop, he/she will receive standard care.

Study hypotheses: the QoL will improve by the use of web-based diabetes education; there will be a reduction in costs using web-based diabetes education; there will be at least an equal-stay or improvement of the HbA1c while using web-based diabetes education.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

153

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

  • Belgium
      • Ghent, Belgium, 9000
        • Ghent University Hospital
      • Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, 9100
        • AZ Nikolaas: Department of Endocrinology

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

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adult diabetes patients on multiple daily insulin injections or using an insulin pump;
  • Internet users

Exclusion Criteria:

  • having a severe mental illness

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 Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Intervention group
webbased education (telemonitoring)
Device: webbased education (telemonitoring)
Patients will be able to transmit their blood glucose values via the Internet to the diabetes professional and they will receive timely feedback. "Timely" will be defined as 'as agreed between the patient and the diabetes professional', e.g. every week on Friday afternoon.
No Intervention: control group
standard care

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Quality of Life (QoL)
Time Frame: Baseline
QoL will be measured via validated questionnaires: diabetes self-care questionnaire, Problem Areas in Diabetes, Diabetes Treatment and Satisfaction Questionnaire, Fear for Hypoglycaemia Questionnaire
Baseline
Quality of Life (QoL)
Time Frame: month 3
QoL will be measured via validated questionnaires: diabetes self-care questionnaire, Problem Areas in Diabetes, Diabetes Treatment and Satisfaction Questionnaire, Fear for Hypoglycaemia Questionnaire
month 3
Quality of Life (QoL)
Time Frame: month 6
QoL will be measured via validated questionnaires: diabetes self-care questionnaire, Problem Areas in Diabetes, Diabetes Treatment and Satisfaction Questionnaire, Fear for Hypoglycaemia Questionnaire
month 6
Quality of Life (QoL)
Time Frame: year 1
QoL will be measured via validated questionnaires: diabetes self-care questionnaire, Problem Areas in Diabetes, Diabetes Treatment and Satisfaction Questionnaire, Fear for Hypoglycaemia Questionnaire
year 1
Quality of Life (QoL)
Time Frame: year 2
QoL will be measured via validated questionnaires: diabetes self-care questionnaire, Problem Areas in Diabetes, Diabetes Treatment and Satisfaction Questionnaire, Fear for Hypoglycaemia Questionnaire
year 2

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University Hospital, Ghent

Collaborators

AZ Nikolaas

Investigators

  • Study Director: Johannes Ruige, MD, Phd, University Hospital, Ghent
  • Principal Investigator: Heidi Buysse, Phd, University Hospital, Ghent

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 12, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 13, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

June 14, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 27, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 24, 2016

Last Verified

June 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2012/321

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