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ea0033oc4.3 | Oral Communications 4 | BSPED2013

The incentive trial: do financial rewards improve glycaemic control in teenagers with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes?

Frerichs Carley , Thomas Douglas , Randell Tabitha

Introduction: Adolescence is recognised as a period where compliance to diabetes treatment is challenging and adolescents assume increasing responsibility for their diabetes self-management. In this study we investigated whether giving modest financial rewards motivated teenagers with type 1 diabetes to improve glycaemic control.Methods: Population; young people with type 1 diabetes, age 13–16 years at entry, duration of diabetes of >2 years and...