Using Telecommunication Technology to Manage Children with Diabetes: The Computer-Linked Outpatient Clinic (CLOC) Study
1995
Marrero, David G. | Vandagriff, Julie L. | Kronz, Kathy | Fineberg, Naomi S. | Golden, Michael P. | Msn, Deborah Gray | Orr, Donald P. | Wright, James C. | Johnson, Nancy B.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effrcacy of using a telecommunication system to assist in the outpatient management of pediatric patients with insulin- dependent diabetes. Metabolic control, patients' psychosocial status, family functioning, perceived quality of life, patterns of parental/child responsibility for daily diabetes maintenance, and nursing time-on-task were evaluated. One hundred six pediatric patients (mean age= 13.3 years) were randomly assigned to an experimental or control outpatient clinic for 1 year. Experimental subjects transmitted self-monitoring blood glucose data by modem to the hospital every 2 weeks. Transmitted data were reviewed by nurse practitioners who telephoned subjects to discuss regimen adjustments. Control subjects received standard care with regimen adjustments made by physicians. There were no significant between-group differences for metabolic control, rates of hospitalization or emergency-room visits, psychological status, general family functioning, quality of life, or parent-child responsibility. A significant decrease was noted in nursing time-on-task for experimental subjects.
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