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Social Media Use in Adolescent Diabetes Care

NCT06085339 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-01-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a social media intervention to support diabetes management in adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Adolescent participants will be randomized to receive diabetes education and peer support over Instagram or to usual outpatient diabetes care. Researchers will assess whether the social media intervention is feasible. In addition, the study team will also explore and compare changes in glucose levels and person-reported outcomes between the two groups.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social Media

The social media arm participants will receive a diabetes curriculum designed to address diabetes self-efficacy and independence with diabetes management over the course of 6 months. Participants will have the option to engage with the study team and other participants through Instagram posts and direct messaging.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Faisal S Malik, MD, MSHS · Seattle Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-23
Primary Completion
2024-09-30
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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