Evaluation of an Early Screener to Identify Long-term Problems With Regard to Metabolic Control and Treatment Adherence Among Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes

April 20, 2022 updated by: University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Background: Type 1 diabetes is one of the most common chronic illnesses among children and adolescents. Although, intensive medical care is provided for these patients, some of them have poor metabolic control. For example, only 21% of adolescents with type 1 diabetes in the USA achieve the recommended average blood sugar concentration (HbA1c<7.5%). This is a major problem, since chronic hyperglycemia is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in type 1 diabetes and causes several serious complications, for example kidney failure, blindness, and stroke. Therefore, the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) declared psychosocial factors, to be the most important risk factors of poor type 1 diabetes Management. Therefore, an instrument is needed to identify children and adolescents with poor metabolic control in their course of disease as soon as possible. With an early identification of such risk patients, better support can be provided. However, there is no such instrument yet for pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes. To fill this gap, a questionnaire (FEPB) based on the PAT 2.0© (Psychosocial Assessment Tool; an instrument used in oncology) was developed for this project.

Aim: The aim of this project is to evaluate and validate a new instrument (FEPB) for an early identification of children and adolescents with poor metabolic control in their course of disease in a longitudinal design.

Method: The sample consists of children and adolescents (age: 5-18 years), who were newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (2-4 weeks ago), and who are in care at the University Children's Hospital of Zurich. Structured interviews are conducted with the patients and the parents are asked to fill out some questionnaires at two times: first, 2-4 weeks after the diagnosis (T1) and second 6 month later (T2). With the new instrument (FEPB) a risk score can be calculated for each patient at T1. Statistical analysis will be performed to determine whether that risk score can predict which patients have poor metabolic control (HbA1c > 7.5%) at T2.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

61

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

      • Zürich, Switzerland
        • University Children's Hospital Zurich

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

5 years to 18 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

primary care clinic - University Children's Hospital Zurich

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes 2-4 weeks ago
  • in care at the University Children's Hospital of Zurich
  • German speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • other severe illness that affects the diabetes Management
  • severe developmental disorder
  • pregnancy

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
HbA1c
Time Frame: 10 minutes
Glycated hemoglobin
10 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
health-related quality of life (Chronic generic measure)
Time Frame: 5 minutes

Assessed by questionnaire: DISABKIDS Chronic generic measure - short version (DCGM-12; the European DISABKIDS Group, 2012).

Total score range: 12-60. The higher the score, the higher the health-related quality of life.

5 minutes
health-related quality of life (diabetes module)
Time Frame: 5 minutes

Assessed by questionnaire: DISABKIDS diabetes module (The European DISABKIDS Group, 2012).

Total score range: 10-50. The higher the score, the higher the health-related quality of life.

5 minutes
psychological health (Depression)
Time Frame: 10 minutes

Assessed by questionnaire: German Version of the Children's Depression Inventory (Depressionsinventar für Kinder und Jugendliche [DIKJ]; Stiensmeier-Pelster, Braune-Krickau, Schürmann & Duda, 2014).

Total score range: 0-58. The higher the score, the more depressed the participants are.

10 minutes
psychological health (Trait-Anxiety)
Time Frame: 5 minutes

Assessed by questionnaire: German Version of the Trait-Anxiety Inventory for Children (Trait Angstinventar für Kinder [STAIK-T]; Unnewehr, Joormann, Schneider & Margraf, 1992).

Total score range: 20-60. The higher the score, the higher the trait anxiety.

5 minutes
psychological health (Child Behavior)
Time Frame: 10 minutes
Assessed by questionnaire: German Version of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL 6-18R; Döpfner, Plück & Kinnen, 2014) Total score range: 0-224. The higher the score, the more behavioral problems.
10 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

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Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Markus A Landolt, Prof. dr., University Children's Hospital, Zurich
  • Principal Investigator: Daniel Konrad, Prof. dr., University Children's Hospital, Zurich

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 5, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 17, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

January 17, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 3, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 21, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

August 22, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 21, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 20, 2022

Last Verified

April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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