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Intervention to promote adolescents' communication and engagement in diabetes clinic encounters: A pilot randomized
I Coyne1, B Sleath2, J Surdey1
1Trinity College Dublin, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Aim:
To conduct a pilot randomized trial of an intervention to improve adolescent question-asking and provider education during paediatric diabetes visits.
Methods:
Adolescents aged 11 to 17 with type 1 diabetes and their parents were enrolled from two urban tertiary paediatric clinics. Adolescents were randomised to the intervention group or control group. Adolescent consultations were audio-recorded, their HbA1c level was recorded, and they completed surveys after three clinic appointments. The intervention group completed a question prompt list and watched a video on a tablet with their parents before meeting their doctor and completed a short evaluation after each visit.
Results:
Six consultant endocrinologists and ninety-nine adolescents and their parents participated. The intervention increased adolescents' question asking and provider education in diabetes encounters. Total patient question-asking across the 3 consultations and a higher baseline HbA1c at time one was significantly associated with HbA1c at time three.
Conclusions:
Question prompt lists and an educational video are useful tools to increase adolescents' question-asking and communication between adolescents and their providers.
Practice Implications:
Interventions that encourage adolescents' question-asking in healthcare encounters may lead to more meaningful providers-adolescents' communication and tailored education. Interventions to improve professionals' listening, communication and educational skills are also required.
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