The T1D Parent Check-In: A Preventative Intervention

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how to best support families during the first year of a child or teen's Type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis. Specifically, we are testing a parenting intervention, the T1D Parent Check-in, designed for parents of children, ages 8 to 17 years, who have been newly diagnosed with T1D. This three-session intervention is delivered by diabetes psychologists over telehealth with the goal of helping families adjust to T1D, build resilience, and improve children's long-term health.

For this trial, our main question is whether parents like the intervention and find it to be helpful and worth their time and effort. We also want to test whether participating in the intervention helps parents feel more confident in their parenting and problem-solving around diabetes, feel less worried about diabetes, reduce family conflict, and improve children's quality of life. To answer these questions, we will randomly assign study participants to one of two groups; parents will either 1) receive the T1D Parent Check-in intervention, or 2) receive their usual care through clinic. Parents assigned to the second group will have the option of participating in a one-time meeting with the psychologist at the end of the study to receive general information/resources from the study and receive feedback on their questionnaires. Parents in both groups will be asked to complete questionnaires four times over the course of six months. Parents will be paid to complete the questionnaires.

Conditions

• Type 1 Diabetes
• Diabetes in Children

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

T1D Parent Check-in

The Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Parent Check-in is an innovative, 3-session, T1D-specific intervention for parents of newly diagnosed children and adolescents that can be delivered via telehealth. The T1D Parent Check-in is an adaptation of The Parent Check-In, a brief, prevention-based parenting intervention developed by Grolnick, Levitt, Caruso, \& Lerner (2021). The T1D Parent Check-in is designed to promote parenting skills on dimensions of autonomy support, structure and involvement that facilitate children's adjustment and motivation, and integrates skills from cognitive-behavioral therapy, customized to be highly relevant to families with a child 6-12 months from new diagnosis of T1D. The intervention is intended to promote diabetes-related resilience and positive psychological and medical outcomes among families of children with T1D.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Boston Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Massachusetts General Hospital

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-02-01

Primary Completion

2026-06-30

Completion

2026-06-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations