Longitudinal associations between family conflict, parent engagement, and metabolic control in children with recent-onset type 1 diabetes
Open Access
- 13 October 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
- Vol. 9 (1), e002461
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002461
Abstract
Introduction We prospectively investigated the associations between diabetes-related family conflict, parent engagement in child type 1 diabetes (T1D) care, and child glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in 127 families of school-age children who we recruited within the first year of their T1D diagnosis. Research design and methods Parents completed the Diabetes Family Conflict Scale-Revised (DFCS-R) to assess for diabetes-related family conflict and the Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire-Brief (DSMQ-Brief) to assess parent engagement in child T1D care at the initial study visit (T1) and at 12 (T2) and 27 (T3) months later. We also collected child HbA1c at these time points. Our analyses included Pearson correlations and repeated measures linear mixed models controlling for child age, sex, and T1D duration at T1. Results Parents’ DFCS-R scores negatively correlated with DSMQ-Brief scores (r=−0.13, pConclusions Increasing diabetes-specific family conflict early in T1D may associate with decreasing parent engagement in child T1D care and increasing child HbA1c, suggesting a need to assess and intervene on diabetes-specific family conflict. Trial registration number NCT03698708.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (R01-DK100779)
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