Overview
Mothers of adolescents with type 1 diabetes frequently experience high levels of stress in their life, both diabetes related and non-diabetes related which can often impair their ability to monitor and manage diabetes treatment effectively. Broadly, this study looks at how a new program can help these mothers handle stress and overall improve their relationship with their children which in turn can help diabetes management and treatment.
Components of this study include phone call sessions with a trained researchers, participation in a private Facebook group with other mothers in the study, and surveys done at clinic visits. Participants partake in this study for one year. Participants are compensated for their time at each clinic visit for a total of $210 in Amazon gift cards.
Who can participate?
We have completed recruitment for this study and expect to have initial results in early 2023. If we learn our Communication and Coping intervention was effective, we plan to continue this study on a larger nationwide scale, as well as adapt this approach to other pediatric populations and caregivers.
Contact
For more information on this study, contact t1dmothers@vumc.org.
Overview
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes often experience a level of distress associated with managing and coping with their disease. An intervention has been proposed to treat diabetes distress with positive affect. The goal of this study is to determine if this intervention is more affective at keeping adolescents compliant with their diabetes management than a diabetes education intervention.
Participants will receive encouraging text messages 5 times per week for 8 weeks. They will also receive Amazon gift card codes to encourage compliance with diabetes care. Parents will be asked to provide weekly affirmations to their child focused on non-diabetes strengths. Patients will participate in a positive affect interview and will take a short screening survey upon agreement to enter the study.
Who can participate?
We have completed recruitment for this study and expect to have initial results in early 2023. If we learn our Thrive text-messaging intervention was effective, we plan to continue this study on a larger nationwide scale.
Contact
For more information on this study, contact thrive@vumc.org.