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Family focused teamwork prevented deterioration in diabetes control in children and adolescents
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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
Design:
randomised controlled trial.
Allocation:
{concealed}*.
Blinding:
blinded {healthcare providers, outcome assessors, and data analysts}*.
Follow up period:
1 year.
Setting:
Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Patients:
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 …