The purpose of the proposed study, Family Routines - Healthy Families, is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a parenting/family routine intervention program for parents of young children, ages 2-5, with type 1 diabetes.
The intervention in Family Routines - Healthy Families contains an established and effective parent skills training curriculum called "The Incredible Years," uniquely integrated with a newly developed family evening routine component e.g., family dinner time and evening routine, to promote improved metabolic control. The investigator will assess outcomes during and at one week post intervention. Outcome measures will include family routine, specifically the time between the dinner and bedtime glucose check, parent bedtime decision making, and child overnight glucose control. In addition, parental quality of life and receptiveness to the intervention will be assessed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
7
Parenting Classes:The Incredible Years curriculum
Effect of Intervention on Evening Glucose Control.
Number of families whose child achieved a decrease overnight between bedtime blood glucose level and morning fasting glucose level following intervention at 6 weeks.
Time frame: After 6 weeks of classes
Difference Between Child's Pre-intervention and 3 Month Hemoglobin A1c Value
3-month Hemoglobin A1c value subtracted from pre-intervention Hemoglobin A1c value. Positive numbers indicate an improvement in glucose control with intervention, and negative numbers indicate no improvement in glucose control with intervention.
Time frame: Pre intervention to 3 months post intervention
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