Disaster Preparedness Among Families Caring for Children With Diabetes
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00781313 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 29, 2008
Last Update Posted : July 20, 2016
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Condition or disease |
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Diabetes |
This is a cross-sectional study. The subjects are the parent/parents/legal guardian, who will be coming to the clinic for their routine appointment for diabetes management. During the time in which the subject is waiting for the doctor or after their check-up, a research team member will approach the family and ask for their permission to administer the survey. The survey consists of a series of questions designed to ascertain the awareness towards emergency preparedness among families. After they have completed the questionnaire they would be given and/or mailed handouts to enhance their awareness towards disaster preparedness.
Potential Benefits:
This study will help to increase awareness regarding disaster preparedness among the surveyed families. Subjects and families will gain valuable information about caring for diabetes in the event of a disaster.
The potential benefit to the society is that through this study we can ascertain the primary caregiver's awareness of disaster preparedness in regard to a family member with a chronic illness. We will suggest measures to improve their competency towards dealing with disasters. We will be providing educational literature to the primary care givers in the form of handouts at the end of the survey.
Study Type : | Observational |
Actual Enrollment : | 142 participants |
Observational Model: | Case-Crossover |
Time Perspective: | Cross-Sectional |
Official Title: | Pre-hurricane Disaster Preparedness: A Survey in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes |
Study Start Date : | June 2008 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | January 2009 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2009 |

- The primary aim is to ascertain the emergency preparedness among our families with diabetes mellitus and to obtain a percentage of unprepared to the ones who are prepared. [ Time Frame: September 2008 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects include families of children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the Diabetes/ Endocrine Clinic at Texas Children Hospital.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects excluded are families of Children with illnesses other than type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the Diabetes/ Endocrine Clinic at Texas Children Hospital.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00781313
United States, Texas | |
Texas Children Hospital | |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77054 |
Principal Investigator: | RUBINA A HEPTULLA, MD | Baylor College of Medicine |
Responsible Party: | Rubina Heptulla, MD, Principal Investigator, Baylor College of Medicine |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00781313 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
H-23261 |
First Posted: | October 29, 2008 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 20, 2016 |
Last Verified: | July 2016 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Diabetes Mellitus Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases |