The Influence of Parenting Style on Metabolic Control, Adherence, and Quality of Life in School-Age Children with Type 1 Diabetes

For parents, parenting school age children with type 1 diabetes involves continuous planning various area associated with diabetes management to achieve the major goal of maintaining blood sugar in normal range. Parenting style is more likely than parent-child relationship to predict the effectiveness of blood sugar control. However, exploration of parenting experience and factors associated with parenting style among parents of school-aged children with type 1 diabetes have been less addressed. Parenting style is also influenced by social context. This study composes of two phases. In the first phase, we will use a triangulation study design with qualitative (including individual interview) and quantitative (questionnaire) to understand parents’ experiences of parenting school-aged children with type 1 diabetes, and to develop the questionnaire of parenting style for school-aged children with type 1 diabetes. In the second phase, we will conduct a qualitative research design to examine the association of parenting style with metabolic control, adherence, and quality of life among school-aged children with type 1 diabetes. We expect the results of this study provide measures and evaluation of parents parenting style for children with type 1 diabetes. Healthcare providers are expected to be benefit from obtaining guidance to instruct parents about effective parenting so that children’s blood sugar level and quality of life can be promoted.

Project ID:PC10308-0644
External Project ID:MOST103-2314-B182-006