Diabetes Transitions in Care: Pediatric Survey
 

1. Current Practice

 

1. Does your clinic have a policy or standards of care around the area of transitioning from pediatric to adult diabetes care?

2. If there is no current standard practice in your clinic, how important is it? 1 is not at all important, and 6 is very important

3. Do you personally discuss anything related to transitioning with your pediatric patients prior to their graduation from high school?

4. Does your clinic have a policy of mandatory transitions at a certain age?

5. If you do require transitioning to an adult practice, at what age?

6. If there is no explicit policy, at what age(s) do you prefer to transition your pediatric patients? Please check all that you consider appropriate.

7. Please list the factors you consider when deciding how and at what point to transition your pediatric patients.

8. If you do discuss transitioning, what topics do you address with the teen? Which do you address with the parent/guardian? Please check all that apply.

 Discuss with TeenDiscuss with Parent/Guardian
Leaving Practice Issues (when, how, to where, linking to a new team)
Safety Issues (college life, alcohol use, drug use, living alone)
Communication Issues (discussing with roommates, professors, bosses)
Dating Issues (diabetes and relationships, sex, birth control)
Legal Issues (driving, health care, discrimination)
Health Insurance (insulin, medications, supplies)
Planning for Diabetes Emergencies
Health Worries
Mental Health
Other Issues

9. How often do you address psycho-social issues related to diabetes in your clinic visits or appointments? (ie: depression, anxiety, social issues, diabetes burnout, health worries)

10. Does your clinic use any paper and pencil measures for transitioning patients?

11. If your clinic does use any paper and pencil measures for transitioning patients, which ones?

12. Would you be interested in finding out which paper and pencil measures might help transitioning patients and parents?

 Patients/TeensParents/Guardians
Yes
No

13. How many patients are currently in your practice who have type 1 diabetes and are between the ages of 15-22 years?

14. How many patients are currently in your practice who have type 2 diabetes and are between the ages of 15-22?

15. How many of those "transition range" patients will either do not have insurance or will not have insurance after they turn 18?

16. What is your role in this clinic?
Which of these positions do you have located within your clinic?

 My role in this clinicMy clinic has these on staff here
CDE
Dietitian
Nurse
Physician
Endocrinologist
Nurse Practitioner
Physician's Assistant
Exercise Physiologist
Social Worker
Psychologist
Counselor
Medical Assistant
Other