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

Overview

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.

Study Type

  • Study Type: Interventional
  • Study Design
    • Allocation: N/A
    • Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
    • Primary Purpose: Prevention
    • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Study Primary Completion Date: May 24, 2020

Interventions

  • 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.

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • Experimental: Intervention Arm
    • Hypoglycemia Education: Participants will receive educational support to prevent repeat episodes of hypoglycemia.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • 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 Measures

  • 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”.
  • 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”

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

1. Be a citizen of Birmingham 2. Be 18 years or older 3. Receive Dextrose-50 IV (intravenous treatment provided by EMS personnel for hypoglycemia) 4. Understand and speak English Exclusion Criteria:

a) Enrolled currently in any diabetes related educational programs

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Maximum Age: 64 Years

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: No

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Collaborator
    • Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Principal Investigator: Mohanraj Thirumalai, Assistant Professor – University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Mohanraj Thirumalai, PhD, Principal Investigator, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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