Therapeutic Education of the Patients Diabetics Imprisoned at the Paris Jail (EPRIDIA)

Feasibility of the Therapeutic Education of the Patients Diabetics Imprisoned at the Paris Jail "La Santé" (Maison d'arrêt Paris La Santé)"

A lot of data show that therapeutic education is beneficial for diabetic patients. In the French jails, there are very few programs of therapeutic education while this population is usually precarious with no access at care sector before the jail.

The purpose of this study is to determinate if the therapeutic education of the diabetic patients is possible in the Paris jail "La Santé".

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Type 1 or 2 Diabetes
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Therapeutic Education

Detailed Description

The Paris jail "La Santé" welcomes 600 men who stay 5 month on average. Each year, there are between 30 to 40 diabetic patients. In the jail there's a sanitary unit who is a unit of internal medicine of Cochin hospital. This unit includes nurses, pharmacists and medical doctors.

We propose to include in this study all diabetic patients (type 1 and 2) with the realization of a consultation of educational diagnosis, followed by the participation for every patient to 4 educational collective workshops therapeutic (knowledge of the disease, food, physical Activity and care of feet, the therapeutics)

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 22
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• France
  • Paris, France, 75014
    • Hopital Cochin
  • Paris, France, 75014
    • Maison d'Arrêt Paris La Santé (MAPLS)

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male patient detained in the MAPLS of more than 18 years
• Patient prisoner in the MAPLS for more than 15 days
• Patient follow-up for a diabetes of type 1 or type 2
• Patient informed about the study and not having opposed to this one
• Patient taken out of the disciplinary district which had previously been included for this motive

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient considered incapable by the investigator to follow an ETP program
• Patient having a bad understanding of the spoken French language
• Patient whose duration of confinement known about the MAPLS is strictly lower than 1 month in the inclusion during the year 2013/2014
• Patient prisoner in the district of isolation
• Patient prisoner in the disciplinary district in the inclusion
• Patient prohibition to communicate with another prisoner already registered on the session to come

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Therapeutic Education; Intensive training individual or collective teaching	Other: Therapeutic Education; Realization of a consultation of educational diagnosis, followed by the participation for every patient to 4 educational collective workshops therapeutic: Knowledge of the disease; Food; Physical Activity and care of feet; The therapeutics; Other Names: Intensive training individual and collective teaching

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The feasibility of the application of the action ETP in the MAPLS	Rate of participation to at least two therapeutic workshops	3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Estimation of the satisfaction of the prisoners and the nursing after participation of educational therapeutic workshops	To fill in an auto-questionnaire by means of the scale of Likert in 5 points	3 months
biomedical parameters: HbA1c and IMC	Clinical evolution of the patients	3 months
The number of hours all in all, for all the activities ETP and by categories of tasks	To evaluate of the mobilized resources	3 months
The satisfaction of the staffs as for the implementation and the realization of the experiment	to evaluate of the mobilized resources	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Collaborators: URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
• Investigators: Study Director: Benjamin SILBERMANN, MD, PhD, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris; Study Director: Laura HARCOUET, Pharm D, Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: November 1, 2013
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 5, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 5, 2014
• First Posted (Estimated): June 9, 2014

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 20, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 17, 2025
• Last Verified: September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Evolution of the sport, HbA1C, IMC
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2013-A00704-41