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Family focused teamwork prevented deterioration in diabetes control in children and adolescents

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.7.1.10

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    Laffel LMB, Vangsness L, Connell A, et al. Impact of ambulatory, family-focused teamwork intervention on glycemic control in youth with type 1 diabetes. J Pediatr 2003;142:409–16.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q In children and adolescents with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus, does a family focused teamwork intervention improve glycaemic control and minimise diabetes related family conflict?

    METHODS

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    randomised controlled trial.

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    {concealed}*.

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded {healthcare providers, outcome assessors, and data analysts}*.

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    1 year.

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    Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    105 children 8–17 years of age (mean age 12 y, 53% boys) who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes within the previous 6 years but without concurring serious illness, had ⩾1 visit to the Joslin Diabetes Center in the past year, and intended to have routine follow up diabetes care at the …

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    Footnotes

    • ↵* Information provided by author.

    • For correspondence: Dr L Laffel, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA, USA. Lori.Laffeljoslin.harvard.edu

    • Sources of funding: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Charles H Hood Foundation; and Katherine Adler Astrove Youth Education Fund.