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NCT Number: NCT03665870

Prevention Through Intervention: Telehealth Solution to Deter 911 Calls Due to Hypoglycemia

This study aims to standardize and evaluate the benefits of the Prevention to Intervention program offered by the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service. This will accomplished by standardizing the educational materials used, offering phone based follow-up and pre-post data collection.

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Key information

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia Acute Hypoglycemia Unawareness Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

18 year–64 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service

Birmingham, Alabama, 35209, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Be a citizen of Birmingham
  • Be 18 years or older
  • Receive Dextrose-50 IV (intravenous treatment provided by EMS personnel for hypoglycemia)
  • Understand and speak English

Exclusion criteria

a) Enrolled currently in any diabetes related educational programs

Treatment and study plan

Hypoglycemia education

Behavioral

Two in-person visits to the home of the participant and 4 phone calls will be conducted to provided education on prevention of hypoglycemia.

Primary outcomes

  1. Fear of Hypoglycemia

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 8 weeks

    One of the most important impact of hypoglycemia, is non-compliance to diabetes treatment due to the fear of hypoglycemia. This would be measured using the "Hypoglycemia Scale: FH-15" scale.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Self Efficacy

    Time frame: Pre and Post (after 8 weeks)Through study completion, an average of 8 weeks

    Measured using the "Perceived Diabetes Self-Management Scale".

  2. Knowledge of Diabetes

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 8 weeks

    Measured using the "The Knowledge in Low Literacy in Diabetes Knowledge Assessment Scale"

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Other

Collaborators

  • Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Sep 11, 2018
Registry last updated
Jul 22, 2020

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