Updated Psychosocial Surveys With Continuous Glucose Monitoring Items for Youth With Type 1 Diabetes and Their Caregivers
Authors' conclusion
The updated DFC, DFR, and GMC surveys maintain good psychometric properties. The addition of CGM items expands the relevance of these surveys for youth with type 1 diabetes who are using CGM and other diabetes technologies.
Study context
- Population
- Youth with T1D who recently started continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), and their parents; 49% adolescent girls, aged 13.3 ± 2.7 years, mean HbA1c 7.9 ± 0.9%, 87% on pump therapyyouth
- Participants
- 114 participants
- Outcome
- Psychometric properties of the DFC, DFR and GMC surveys updated with CGM items
Performance
As reported in the abstract
Internal consistency of updated surveys (Cronbach α)
- DFC youth α
- .91
- DFC parent α
- .81
- DFR youth α
- .88
- DFR parent α
- .93
- GMC youth α
- .88
- GMC parent α
- .86
Further findings
Higher youth and parent DFC and GMC scores: correlations
- More youth and parent depressive symptoms
- r = 0.28-0.60, P ≤ .003
- More diabetes burden
- r = 0.31-0.71, P ≤ .0009
- More state anxiety
- r = 0.24 to r = 0.46, P ≤ .01
- Lower youth quality of life
- r = −0.29 to −0.50, P ≤ .002
Higher youth and parent DFR scores: correlations
- Younger youth age, youth DFR
- r = −0.76, P < .0001
- Younger youth age, parent DFR
- r = −0.81, P < .0001
- More frequent blood glucose monitoring, youth DFR
- r = 0.27, P = .003
- More frequent blood glucose monitoring, parent DFR
- r = 0.35, P = .0002
Original publication
Updated Psychosocial Surveys With Continuous Glucose Monitoring Items for Youth With Type 1 Diabetes and Their Caregivers. J Diabetes Sci Technol. Published 13 March 2023. doi:10.
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