Mobile Application to Enhance Diabetic Care
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Diabetes |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 14 - 75 |
| Updated: | 4/2/2016 |
| Start Date: | September 2012 |
| End Date: | December 2014 |
| Contact: | Elaine Ngo |
| Email: | Ngo@jsei.ucla.edu |
Clinical Trial of Mobile Application to Enhance Diabetic Health Care
Prospective study to evaluate whether or not an internet application to coordinate and
record diabetes management by the 1. diabetic patient/family caregiver 2. diabetic medical
care team and 3. ophthalmology vision care team will decrease vision loss and blindness due
to diabetic retinopathy. The aims will be measured through health psychology instruments to
assess the effect of the application on management, motivation to control their disease, and
commitment to comply with treatment. We will also measure objective health outcomes
including Blood Pressure, Blood lipids level, hemoglobin A1c level, and Visual Acuity.
record diabetes management by the 1. diabetic patient/family caregiver 2. diabetic medical
care team and 3. ophthalmology vision care team will decrease vision loss and blindness due
to diabetic retinopathy. The aims will be measured through health psychology instruments to
assess the effect of the application on management, motivation to control their disease, and
commitment to comply with treatment. We will also measure objective health outcomes
including Blood Pressure, Blood lipids level, hemoglobin A1c level, and Visual Acuity.
This community-based study will involve the participation of healthcare professionals and
physicians who are already treating the patient. Support and adequate training of the mobile
application and the research protocol will be provided by the Study Coordinator.
The patient/family caregiver be asked to check their vision at home via their mobile
application at regularly scheduled intervals as determined by their ophthalmologist.
Patients will be expected to review postings of their visual acuity and office visits at a
minimum of once a month intervals.
A staff member from the physician's office will post pertinent data from each office visit
using a template. The ophthalmology template will include visual acuity, intraocular
pressure, treatments given (if any), and uploaded retinal images. The non-ophthalmology
physicians will post their office visit data in a free-form text box. Data entry can be
performed by office staff and does not have to be done by a physician. Physicians will have
access to view visual acuity records and physician postings from their own patients.
The research coordinator will collect health psychology data by administering validated
health psychology questionnaires to assess patient depression, knowledge regarding diabetes
and complications of diabetes, motivation to carry out diabetes care, reaction to increased
knowledge of specific tests for diabetes and diabetic complications, and quality of life at
4-month intervals throughout the Clinical Trial.
physicians who are already treating the patient. Support and adequate training of the mobile
application and the research protocol will be provided by the Study Coordinator.
The patient/family caregiver be asked to check their vision at home via their mobile
application at regularly scheduled intervals as determined by their ophthalmologist.
Patients will be expected to review postings of their visual acuity and office visits at a
minimum of once a month intervals.
A staff member from the physician's office will post pertinent data from each office visit
using a template. The ophthalmology template will include visual acuity, intraocular
pressure, treatments given (if any), and uploaded retinal images. The non-ophthalmology
physicians will post their office visit data in a free-form text box. Data entry can be
performed by office staff and does not have to be done by a physician. Physicians will have
access to view visual acuity records and physician postings from their own patients.
The research coordinator will collect health psychology data by administering validated
health psychology questionnaires to assess patient depression, knowledge regarding diabetes
and complications of diabetes, motivation to carry out diabetes care, reaction to increased
knowledge of specific tests for diabetes and diabetic complications, and quality of life at
4-month intervals throughout the Clinical Trial.
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and receiving care from either Jules Stein Eye
Institute or the Gonda Diabetes Center at UCLA.
2. Between 14 and 75 years if age at the time of enrollment.
3. Internet access with Apple i-Phone, Apple i-Pad, and/or Apple i-Pod Touch on a weekly
basis.
4. English language and Internet capability for data entry, monitoring, and
comprehension of reports.
5. Able to attend Standard of Care visits for 1 to 3 years.
6. Able to understand and willing to sign the informed consent perform and comply with
all study procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Any social, mental or physical condition that impairs ability to give consent,
maintain Internet access or attend physician visits.
2. Prior or concurrent eye or vision condition that would interfere with participation
in or interpretation of the study.
3. Prior or concurrent disease or medical condition that is likely to compromise
interpretation of the study.
3. Inability or unwillingness of the patient's diabetes medical care or ophthalmology
vision care team to participate.
We found this trial at
1
site
Click here to add this to my saved trials
