Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Gail Dovey Pearce
ORCID ID
Contact details
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
United Kingdom
gail.dovey-pearce@northumbria.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
4383
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
DRN132
Study hypothesis
1. Each young person given the option of 'Transition Sessions' (4 in total)
2. Begins with 'Transition Planner'
3. Addresses issues pertinent to young person and their diabetes
4. Aimed at looking at self care issues
5. Encouraging young people to take control of their health
6. Managing the transition to adult services
7. Supporting young people to make informed decisions about health choices
8. Supporting staff to encourage this to happen
Ethics approval
MREC approved (ref: 07/Q0904/19)
Study design
Single centre non-randomised interventional process of care trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Non randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Diagnostic
Patient information sheet
Condition
Topic: Diabetes Research Network; Subtopic: Both; Disease: Service delivery
Intervention
Transition Pathway: Young people with diabetes aged 15 - 16 years at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Barriers and facilitators to implementing a Transition Pathway for adolescents with diabetes
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2008
Overall trial end date
31/08/2010
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Young people aged 16 years and older
2. Attend the Diabetes service at North Tyneside General Hospital
3. Transferred from the paediatric service at North Tyneside, having taken part in the 'transition pathway' during their final year in paediatrics
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Planned sample size: 31; UK sample size: 31
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2008
Recruitment end date
31/08/2010
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
North Tyneside General Hospital
North Shields
NE29 8NH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Sponsor details
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
Diabetes UK (UK) (ref: BDA:RD06/0003267)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
private sector organisation
Funding Body Subtype
other non-profit
Location
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2011 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22007985
Publication citations
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Results
Price CS, Corbett S, Lewis-Barned N, Morgan J, Oliver LE, Dovey-Pearce G, Implementing a transition pathway in diabetes: a qualitative study of the experiences and suggestions of young people with diabetes., Child Care Health Dev, 2011, 37, 6, 852-860, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2011.01241.x.