Children's Mercy Teens With Type 1 Diabetes Will Participate in an Online Peer Support Group.

May 8, 2024 updated by: Mark Clements, Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Diabetes Link Discord

The goal of this observational study is to examine the impact of an online peer support group in Children's Mercy teens with Type 1 Diabetes.

The main objectives are to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the Diabetes Link's online social platform Discord among youth with diabetes as it relates to peer support, diabetes management, and usability and to examine the efficacy/magnitude of the effect of the Discord group on treatment adherence among youth with diabetes.

Participants will participate in an online peer support group for 3 months and provide their feedback while doing so.

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

20

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 Contact

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

  • Child
  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • T1D Diagnosis
  • 17-19 years old
  • 11th-12th graders
  • Access to smartphone/laptop
  • English-speaking

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

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Discord User Metrics
Time Frame: 3 months
time online, voice time,
3 months
Final Feedback Survey
Time Frame: 3 months
qualitative feedback on Discord/study setup
3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Diabetes Measures
Time Frame: 3 months
TIR,
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

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 (Estimated)

July 1, 2024

Primary Completion (Estimated)

September 30, 2024

Study Completion (Estimated)

September 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 18, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 8, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

May 14, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 14, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 8, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • STUDY00003114

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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