An interventional study of Hypoglycemia Education in Diabetes Mellitus, Hypoglycemia Unawareness and Hypoglycemia, sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 64 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-07-22.
Sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
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.
640 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypoglycemia; 86 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 50 is above the median of 29 across 471 interventional studies indexed under Hypoglycemia.
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Exclusion Criteria:
a) Enrolled currently in any diabetes related educational programs
Hypoglycemia Education: Participants will receive educational support to prevent repeat episodes of hypoglycemia.
Behavioral: Hypoglycemia Education
Two in-person visits to the home of the participant and 4 phone calls will be conducted to provided education on prevention of hypoglycemia.
Fear of Hypoglycemia
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.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 8 weeks
Self Efficacy
Measured using the "Perceived Diabetes Self-Management Scale".
Time frame: Pre and Post (after 8 weeks)Through study completion, an average of 8 weeks
Knowledge of Diabetes
Measured using the "The Knowledge in Low Literacy in Diabetes Knowledge Assessment Scale"
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 8 weeks
Plan to share: No
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