Type 1 Diabetes, Exercise and Mentoring Trial
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 13 and 17 years old?
Where in Canada
- Mississauga · Trillium Health PartnersTaking people
- Winnipeg · the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba and the University of ManitobaTaking people
The registry text, word for word
Type 1 Diabetes, Exercise and Mentoring (TEAM) Trial: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Using Peer Mentorship to Increase Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes
The proposed study aims to improve the psychosocial health of adolescents living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The study will generate knowledge and support knowledge mobilization about the effectiveness of a novel model of care for psychosocial health and self-management for adolescents living with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The novel model of care is the recruitment and training if young adult mentors to deliver a behavioural intervention that empowers adolescents with T1D to increase daily physical activity. The study will also advance the development and implementation of this peer mentoring model to improve the psychosocial health of adolescents with T1D.
Inclusion: want to increase their daily PA; currently use a continuous glucose monitor (CGM).
Exclusion: evidence of drug/alcohol abuse; a suicide attempt in the previous 12 months; have diabetes secondary to medications or surgery; have cancer; have an eating disorder; an orthopedic injury or illness that would limit their ability to engage in daily PA; were diagnosed with T1D within 12 months of randomization; are pregnant.