Computerized Intervention of Parental Involvement in Diabetes Care of Their Child

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop an intervention to increase parental motivation for supervision and monitoring youth diabetes care behavior. The intervention will be tested in three brief session in conjunction with regularly scheduled diabetes clinic visits and delivered through a computer program based in the principles of Motivational Interviewing.

Conditions

• Diabetes

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent Computer-Delivered Motivational Intervention

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring \& resolving ambivalence, with a strong evidence for improving adolescent \& adult health behaviors. Three motivational sessions will be provided by an animated character who delivers the intervention with high fidelity to MI principles. Small amounts of psychoeducation about potential improvements illness management that can result from parental monitoring of diabetes care will be integrated with more purely motivational elements. Mailings will be sent to participants to remind them of the reasons they gave as motivation \& goals they set regarding monitoring diabetes care.

BEHAVIORAL

Parent & Child Computer-Delivered Motivational Intervention

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a client-centered, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring \& resolving ambivalence, with a strong evidence for improving adolescent \& adult health behaviors. Three motivational sessions will be provided by an animated character who delivers the intervention with high fidelity to MI principles. Small amounts of psychoeducation about potential improvements illness management that can result from monitoring/completing diabetes care will be integrated with more purely motivational elements. Mailings will be sent to participants to remind them of the reasons they gave as motivation \& goals they set regarding diabetes care.

BEHAVIORAL

Computer-Delivered Information

Computer-Delivered Information about issues related to living with diabetes that do not directly impact completing diabetes care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  collaborator NIH

• Wayne State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Deborah A Ellis, Ph.D. · Wayne State University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

10 Years

Max Age

13 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2011-04-30

Primary Completion

2014-03-03

Completion

2014-09-09

Countries

• United States

Study Locations