Parental diabetes distress is a stronger predictor of child HbA1c than diabetes device use in school-age children with type 1 diabetes
Authors' conclusion
Our analyses suggest parent DD is a strong predictor of child HbA1c and is another modifiable treatment target for lowering child HbA1c.
Study context
- Population
- 157 families of school-age children with T1D; children 49% boys, 77.1% non-Hispanic white, mean age 10.2±1.5 years, T1D duration 3.8±2.4 years
- Participants
- 157 families
- Outcome
- Associations between parent-reported and child-reported diabetes distress, T1D device use and child HbA1c
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Correlates of child HbA1c
Higher child HbA1c correlated with non-pump use
r=−0.16
p<0.05
Higher child HbA1c correlated with higher parent Parent Problem Areas in Diabetes-Child (PPAID-C) scores
r=0.36
p<0.001
Higher child HbA1c correlated with higher child Problem Areas in Diabetes-Child (PAID-C) scores
r=0.24
p<0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Diabetes distress scores and HbA1c
- Parents' mean PPAID-C score (range 16-96)
- 51.83±16.79
- Children's mean PAID-C score (range 11-66)
- 31.59±12.39
- Child HbA1c (mean±SD)
- 7.96±1.62%
Original publication
Parental diabetes distress is a stronger predictor of child HbA1c than diabetes device use in school-age children with type 1 diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. Published 12 September 2023. doi:10.
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