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Table 1 Participant inclusion/exclusion criteria

From: Delivering early care in diabetes evaluation (DECIDE): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess hospital versus home management at diagnosis in childhood diabetes

Inclusion criteria (Children)

Exclusion criteria (Children)

1. Children aged 0 - 17 years old

1. Children with ketoacidosis at presentation requiring treatment with intravenous insulin and fluids

2. Newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (using recognised standard diagnostic criteria) who are clinically well at presentation

2. Children with a co-existing chronic disorder (e.g. cystic fibrosis) which will impact significantly on blood glucose control

3. Written informed consent given by child and assent from child

3. Children with Type 2 diabetes

4. Able to fill out study material (children aged ≥8 years old

4. Children with Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY)

5. Written informed consent by parent(s)/carer

5. Children with an uncertain diagnosis

6. Parent/carer able to fill out study material

6. Children who are under the care of the local authority

 

7. Children whose home circumstances are assessed as being unsuitable for home management

 

8. Children who require hospitalisation for reasons other than their diagnosis

 

9. Children who have a sibling with existing Type 1 diabetes

 

10. Children who will begin treatment on a Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII)