Expanding transitional support for young adults with diabetes

Study shows success of transition coordinator and need for continued intervention In 2012, researchers from across Ontario, led by a team at Lawson Health Research Institute, started the first multicenter randomized controlled trial to evaluate implementation of a transition coordinator for young adults with type 1 diabetes as they transferred from paediatric to adult care. “There is a huge difference between the kind of care that they receive as children compared to adults, and that is consistent across Canada and most other countries,” explains Dr. Cheril Clarson, associate scientist at Children’s Health Research Institute, a program of Lawson, and a paediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre. With children, patient visits involve a variety of specialists from different areas, such as the physician, nurse educator, dietitian

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