Metabolic Control, Marital Conflict, Caregiver Burden and Psychological Control in Parents of Children with Type 1 Diabetes
Year: 2011
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Using data from a purposive sample of 78 parents of children with type 1 diabetes, relationships were examined between the level of metabolic control of the child with diabetes (as measured by the HbA1c percentage), parents' marital conflict, caregiver burden, and use of psychological control. Also explored were family income and the education levels of mothers and fathers. Differences between mothers and fathers were also considered. Better metabolic control (lower HbA1c) was related to lower levels of fathers' caregiver burden. Marital conflict was also associated with mothers' and fathers' caregiver burden. Finally, mothers' caregiver burden predicted mothers' use of psychological control, and fathers' caregiver burden predicted fathers' use of psychological control. Fathers' paths were stronger from marital conflict to caregiver burden and from caregiver burden to psychological control than the mothers' paths. Only fathers had a significant path from HbA1c to caregiver burden.
Author: Ann P. Jubber
Institution: Brigham Young University
Language: English
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W79009487