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| University of Pennsylvania | OTHER |
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The primary aim of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to determine if the integration of a Community Health Worker (CHW) into the healthcare team of children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes is associated with an improvement in diabetes control. The secondary objectives are to determine if utilization of CHWs is also associated with improvements in psychosocial outcomes, healthcare utilization, and decreased costs.
Lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with adverse outcomes in children with type 1 diabetes. These children have poorer glycemic control, lower quality of life, and increased healthcare utilization. Previous efforts to improve outcomes in this patient population have focused on high-cost, high-intensity educational interventions. These efforts have been ineffective in improving clinical outcomes in patients with low SES. Adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) including food insecurity, parental unemployment and housing insecurity are extremely prevalent in under-resourced patients and their families.
Community health workers (CHWs) are trained non-medical members of the community who are empowered to address adverse SDOH through home visits and connecting patients to community resources. CHWs can assist in navigating healthcare and social services systems, reducing family stress, and breaking down community barriers to positive health behavior.
Investigators hypothesize that interventions focused on addressing adverse SDOH will reduce barriers to optimal diabetes outcomes in this patient population.
At the diabetes center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a CHW will be assigned for one year to newly diagnosed patients with type 1 diabetes with government insurance. The support provided for this year will be tailored to the patient's needs, and may include problem solving surrounding issues related to work/education, accessing healthcare/medications, engagement with the healthcare team, transportation, housing or food insecurity. Interactions with patients will be through home visits, telephone encounters, text messaging or email. Patients will be followed for a total of two years to evaluate if improvements in outcomes are sustained after the discontinuation of CHW support.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Standard Diabetes Care Group | No Intervention | Patients receive standard diabetes care. | |
| Community Health Worker Group | Experimental | Patients are assigned a community health worker for the first year in addition to standard diabetes care. They do not receive a community health worker for the second year of the study. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Community Health Worker added to diabetes team | Other | A Community Health Worker will be added to the diabetes team caring for a child with new onset type 1 diabetes for 1 year. The intervention includes social determinants of health screening and goal setting, with home visits. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Hemoglobin A1c | Improvement in glycemic control, as measured by hemoglobin A1c | 2 years |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Hospital admissions | Data will be extracted from the medical record of each patient to obtain information on the number of hospital admissions. | 2 years |
| Missed outpatient appointments | Data will be extracted from the medical record of each patient to obtain information on the number of attended outpatient appointments. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Colin P Hawkes, MD PhD | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 17011326 | Background | Hassan K, Loar R, Anderson BJ, Heptulla RA. The role of socioeconomic status, depression, quality of life, and glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus. J Pediatr. 2006 Oct;149(4):526-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.05.039. | |
| 24515422 | Background | Kangovi S, Mitra N, Grande D, White ML, McCollum S, Sellman J, Shannon RP, Long JA. Patient-centered community health worker intervention to improve posthospital outcomes: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Apr;174(4):535-43. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14327. |
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Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
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| 2 years |
| Emergency Department utilization | Data will be extracted from the medical record of each patient to obtain information about the number of Emergency Department (ED) visits | 2 years |
| Quality of life (primary care giver) | The primary care giver will complete the 36-item "PedsQL Health related quality of life for parents of children with chronic disease" questionnaire using a 5-point Likert rating scale to assess how their child's illness has had an impact on their quality of life. This scale ranges in score from 0 to 144, with higher scores consistent with decreased quality of life. | 2 years |
| Primary caregiver's diabetes self-efficacy | The 17-item, "Parental self efficacy in diabetes scale" will be completed by the primary caregiver using a 5-point Likert rating scale. The questionnaire will provide information to assess glycemic control, and sub analysis of results related to diabetes management, problem solving and teaching. This scale ranges in score from 17 to 85, with higher scores consistent with increased self-efficacy. | 1.5 years |
| Social Determinants of Health | The primary care giver will complete the 11-item "Health Leads USA Social Determinants of Health" questionnaire using a Yes/No rating scale to assess challenges with Social Determinants of Health | 2 years |
| Caregiver Depression | The primary caregiver will complete the 9-item "Patient Health Questionnaire-9" using a 4-point Likert rating scale to assess their risk of depression. This scale ranges in score from 0 to 27, with higher scores consistent with increased risk of depression | 2 years |
| Subject Depression | Subjects greater than 12 years old will complete the 13-item "Patient Health Questionnaire Modified for Adolescents" using a 4-point Likert rating scale and 4 Yes/No questions to assess their risk of depression. The Likert scale total ranges in score from 0 to 27, with higher scores consistent with increased risk of depression | 2 years |
| Healthcare costs | Data will be extracted from the medical record of each patient to obtain information on healthcare charges and hospital reimbursement. | 2 years |
| 24011745 | Background | Raphael JL, Rueda A, Lion KC, Giordano TP. The role of lay health workers in pediatric chronic disease: a systematic review. Acad Pediatr. 2013 Sep-Oct;13(5):408-20. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2013.04.015. |
| 23914987 | Background | Katz ML, Volkening LK, Butler DA, Anderson BJ, Laffel LM. Family-based psychoeducation and Care Ambassador intervention to improve glycemic control in youth with type 1 diabetes: a randomized trial. Pediatr Diabetes. 2014 Mar;15(2):142-50. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12065. Epub 2013 Aug 5. |
| 40302949 | Derived | Lai CW, Craven M, Hershey JA, Lipman TH, Hawkes CP. Adverse Social Determinants of Health in Children with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes: A Potential Role for Community Health Workers. Pediatr Diabetes. 2024 Jan 23;2024:8810609. doi: 10.1155/2024/8810609. eCollection 2024. |
| ID | Term |
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| D003922 | Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 |
| D003920 | Diabetes Mellitus |
| D010349 | Patient Compliance |
| D015438 | Health Behavior |
| ID | Term |
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| D044882 | Glucose Metabolism Disorders |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D004700 | Endocrine System Diseases |
| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D010342 | Patient Acceptance of Health Care |
| D000074822 | Treatment Adherence and Compliance |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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