| When children are newly diagnosed with diabetes, parents and children require a great deal of education. Families are coping with the stress of the diagnosis along with learning many diabetes management skills.;Although children with newly diagnosed diabetes have traditionally been cared for in the hospital for approximately 3 to 5 days, many diabetes programs are now providing education in outpatient settings. Questions regarding the efficacy of where diabetes education occurs have arisen.;The effectiveness of providing outpatient education for newly diagnosed patients with diabetes has been studied, however, studies have been limited to retrospective reports of physiological measures and cost savings. No studies have been developed that measure other important diabetes related outcomes. This exploratory study has been designed to measure physiological, cognitive, behavioral and psychosocial outcomes when comparing patients and their parents who receive inpatient education at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to children and parents who receive outpatient education at the Denver Children's Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital. |
