Parents' Occupation After Diabetes Onset

NCT04814849 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 260320597
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,144
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

A cross-sectional multicenter study using a questionnaire assessing occupational and financial situation before and after the onset of type 1 diabetes was distributed to all families with a child diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before the age of 14 years in nine German pediatric diabetes centers.

Conditions

Type 1 Diabetes

Keywords

type 1 diabetes, parents, occupation, gender inequality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• occupational situation of parents

  questionnaire with 7 items to capture changes in occupational situation of parents after the onset of type 1 diabetes in their child

  up to 12 weeks

• number of participants reporting financial burden

  questionnaire to capture changes in occupational situation of parents after the onset of type 1 diabetes in their child

  up to 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• number of participants reporting emotional and/or psychosocial burden

  up to 12 weeks

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Of 1470 eligible families in the nine centers, 1192 (81% response rate) agreed to participate and answered the questionnaire. The majority of respondents to the questionnaire were mothers (n = 939; 82%). Overall 48 questionnaires had to be excluded due to a high number of missing data. Thus, the final sample consisted of n = 1144 answered questionnaires with information about both parents' occupational situation.

You may qualify if:

• mothers, fathers or other primary caregivers of children and adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before 14 years of age
• child's diabetes duration at least 12 months
• child's age under 19 years

You may not qualify if:

• caregivers unability to understand German language sufficiently

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hannover Medical School: lead
• diabetesDE-Deutsche Diabetes Hilfe: collaborator
• Sana-Klinikum Lichtenberg: collaborator
• Kinderkrankenhaus auf der Bult: collaborator
• Katholisches Kinderkrankenhaus Wilhelmstift: collaborator
• Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bielefeld gGmbH: collaborator
• Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Essen: collaborator
• Ruhr University of Bochum: collaborator
• Leopoldina-Krankenhaus der Stadt Schweinfurt GmbH: collaborator
• Kinderärzte Mondstraße, Dr. med. Ralph Ziegler und Kollegen, Praxis für Kinder und Jugendmedizin: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Hannover Medical School

Hanover, Lower Saxony, 30625, Germany

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Diabetes Mellitus; Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases; Autoimmune Diseases; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Karin Lange, PhD

  Hannover Medical School

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: FAMILY BASED
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr. Heike Saßmann

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 18, 2021
• First Posted: March 24, 2021
• Study Start: December 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2018
• Study Completion: December 31, 2018
• Last Updated: March 24, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DE (1)