STEP: Social Support To Empower Parents

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Type 1 Diabetes

Treatments: Behavioral: STEP

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00480493

1R15NR008391-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This RCT intervention provides parental social support (informational, affirmational, and emotional) using parent mentors (experienced in the management of the chronic illness) for mothers and fathers of young children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The parent mentors provide both home visits and phone call support over the course of the first year after diagnosis. The hypothesis is that newly diagnosed parents who receive the intervention will perceive less parental concern and worry, less negative impact on the family, more perceived confidence and social support compared to those mothers and fathers not receiving the intervention.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Mothers and fathers of children 12 years and younger with type 1 diabetes

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Parent mentor contact

Experimental group

Description:

Parent mentor provides face-to-face social support

Treatment:

Behavioral: STEP

Control Arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

Parent is given a phone contact

Treatment:

Behavioral: STEP