Table 2. Published details of standard care.

Trial	Frequency of contact	Details of care environment	Specified health professionals involved in care	Additional details
Charron-Prochownik, Ferons-Hannan, Sereika, and Becker (2008)	No Details Provided	Diabetes clinic	No Details Provided	None
Cook, Herold, Edidin, and Briars (2002)	Every 3 months	2 Children’s Hospitals	No Details Provided	None
Couper, Taylor, Fotheringham, and Sawyer (1999)	Every 3 months	Women’s and children’s Diabetes Clinic	Paediatric endocrinologist	24 hour phone support
			Dietitian
			Diabetes Educator
de Wit et al. (2008, 2010)	Every 3 months	4 Paediatric Diabetes Clinics	6 Paediatricians	None
Ellis et al. (2004)	Every 3 months	Children’s Hospital	Endocrinologist	Required to test blood sugar 3–4 times per day
		Endocrinology Clinic	Nurse	Prescribed diet
		Tertiary Care	Dietician	Access to mental health services
			Social Worker
			Psychologist
Ellis et al. (2005a, 2005b), Ellis, Templin, et al. (2007), Ellis, Yopp, et al. (2007)	Every 3 months	Children’s Hospital	Endocrinologist	Access to mental health services
		Endocrinology Clinic	Nurse
		Tertiary care	Dietician
			Social Worker
			Psychologist
Franklin, Waller, Pagliari, and Greene (2006)	Every 3–4 months	No Details Provided	Multidisciplinary Team (Psychologist specified)	Access to emergency hotline
Gay et al. (2006)	Every 3 months	Hospital Outpatient Clinic	Diabetologist	Contact with patient increased by Diabetologist if deemed necessary
			5 Paediatric Endocrinologists
Graue, Wentzel-Larsen, Hanestad, and Søvik (2005)	Every 3 months	Hospital Paediatric Outpatient Department	Physician	30 Minute appointments
			Diabetes Nurse Specialist	Access to Dietitian
				Access to Social worker
				Access to Clinical Psychologist Discussions of insulin delivery and other issues affecting care
Grey, Boland, Davidson, Li, and Tamborlane (2000)	Monthly	Children’s Diabetes Clinic	Physician	Required to test blood sugar ≥ 4 times daily
			Nurse Practitioners/Certified Diabetes Educators	Between visit telephone contact
			Dietician
			Social Worker
Hains, Davies, Parton, Totka, and Amoroso-Camarata (2000)	Every 3–4 months	Children’s Hospital	No Details Provided	None
		Diabetes Clinic
Laffel et al. (2003)	Every 3–4 months	Paediatric and Adolescent Unit	Multidisciplinary Care (no details specified)	Follow-up visits
		Diabetes Centre		Contact between visits
				Encouragement around routine diabetes management
				Received educational materials
Lawson, Cohen, Richardson, Orrbine, and Pham (2005)	Every 3 months	Children’s Hospital	Diabetologist	Recommended to test blood sugar ≥ 3 times daily (breakfast, supper and bedtime) with lunchtime tests on weekends and weekdays if possible
		Diabetes Clinic	Diabetes Nurse Specialist	Between visit contact with Diabetologist or Nurse to adjust insulin as required
		Tertiary care	Diabetes Dietitian	Target preprandial blood sugars of 4–8 mmol/L
				Adherence to diabetes meal plan based on carbohydrate counting or food exchanges
				Contact with patient increased by Diabetologist if deemed necessary
				HbA1c tested at each visit
Lehmkuhl et al. (2010)	No Details Provided	Paediatric Endocrinology Clinic	No Details Provided	None
Mulvaney, Rothman, Wallston, Lybarger and Dietrich (2010)	No Details Provided	Paediatric Diabetes Clinic	No Details Provided	None
Murphy et al. (2012)	Every 3 months	10 Paediatric Diabetes Clinics	No Details Provided	None
Olmsted, Daneman, Rydall, Lawson, and Rodin (2002)	Every 3 months	Children’s Hospital	Multidisciplinary Care (no details specified)	Target preprandial blood sugars of 4–10 mmol/L
		Tertiary care		Adherence to meal plan based on food exchanges or on carbohydrate counting
Panagiotopoulos, Preston, Stewart, Metzger and Chanoine (2003)	Every 6 months	Children’s Hospital	No Details Provided	Encouraged to regularly test Blood Glucose
		Diabetes Clinic		Emergency phone contact
Viklund, Örtqvist, and Wikblad (2007)	No Details Provided	Outpatient Clinic	No Details Provided	None
Wysocki et al. (1999, 2000, 2001)	Every 3–4 Months	No Details Provided	Paediatric Endocrinologist	Examination by a physician
			Physician	GHb tested ≥ 3 times annually;
				Home blood glucose monitoring and recording of test results
				Diabetes education provided
				Emphasis on active self-management
				Prescribed diet
				Regular physical exercise
				Annual review for diabetic complications