Use of a web 2.0 portal to improve education and communication in young diabetes patients with families
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN92107365 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN92107365 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 25/11/2011
- Registration date
- 10/02/2012
- Last edited
- 08/12/2015
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Plain English summary of protocol
Background and study aims
Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person's blood sugar level to become too high. A website was developed offering communication with local healthcare professionals, interaction with other patients, and access to relevant information and services. The aim of this study was to look at the use of the website and its effects on young patients with diabetes.
Who can participate?
Families with children and adolescents with diabetes, treated at two paediatric clinics in Sweden.
What does the study involve?
Participating families are randomly allocated to one of two groups. One group receive passwords for access to the website for one year, and the other group do not receive access for 1 year. All families are given access during the second study year. The website was used by patients without directions from healthcare professionals or researchers. We measured how patients used the website. Participants complete questionnaires before the study started and after 1 and 2 years.
What are the possible benefits and risks of participating?
Not provided at time of registration.
Where is the study run from?
Linköping University (Sweden).
When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for?
April 2006 to September 2008.
Who is funding the study?
The Medical Research Council of Southeast Sweden (FORSS), ALF Grants, County Council of Östergötland, and the Swedish Child Diabetes Foundation.
Who is the main contact?
Dr Sam Nordfeldt
sam.nordfeldt@liu.se
Contact information
Scientific
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Linköping University
Linköping
581 85
Sweden
| sam.nordfeldt@liu.se |
Study information
| Study design | Randomised controlled study |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | Internet/virtual |
| Study type | Quality of life |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet |
| Scientific title | Use of a web 2.0 portal to improve education and communication in young diabetes patients with families: a randomised controlled trial |
| Study objectives | A Web 2.0 portal, with diabetes-related information and the possibility to communicate with diabetes peers as well as with health care professionals, would 1. Be of complementary value in everyday life with diabetes, especially by newly diagnosed patients and patients in periods with instable metabolic control 2. Be perceived as helpful in self treatment; and 3. Contribute to improved metabolic control |
| Ethics approval(s) | Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Science at Linköping University, Sweden, 04/11/2003 |
| Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied | Type 1 diabetes |
| Intervention | The patients and their families were randomised (stratified for clinic) to either the intervention group or the control group. At baseline April 2006, all subjects in the intervention group were offered a personal password to the portal for the first year of the study. After study year one, all subjects in the previous control group were also offered passwords to the portal. For children 13 years of age and older, both parents and adolescents received passwords while for younger children only parents received passwords. Basic information about the concept was given by posted letters, and informed consent to study participation was required before the first visit. |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | 1. HbA1c 2. Number of severe hypoglycaemia incidents |
| Secondary outcome measures | 1. Health-Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL) 2. Empowerment and perception of quality of care regarding information 3. Hypoglycaemia (self-reported) and 4. Numbers of self-controls of blood glucose (self-reported) 5. User activity by site visits and page visits logged per user |
| Overall study start date | 11/04/2006 |
| Completion date | 25/09/2008 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Child |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | 474 |
| Key inclusion criteria | All the clinically diagnosed type 1 diabetes children registered in the Swedish paediatric diabetes quality registry, SWEDIABKIDS, belonging to the geographic population of the two paediatric clinics in Linköping and Jönköping, were eligible and invited to the study |
| Key exclusion criteria | 1. No consent 2. Transferred to other clinic |
| Date of first enrolment | 11/04/2006 |
| Date of final enrolment | 25/09/2008 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Sweden
Study participating centre
581 85
Sweden
Sponsor information
Government
Landstinget i Ostergotland
Linkoping
581 91
Sweden
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/0326gsy75 |
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Funders
Funder type
Research council
No information available
No information available
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
| IPD sharing plan |
Study outputs
| Output type | Details | Date created | Date added | Peer reviewed? | Patient-facing? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results article | results | 23/08/2013 | Yes | No |
