Chatzinikolaou Aikaterini, Kazakos Kyriakos, Owens Dimitra-Anna, Galli-Tsinopoulou Assimina, Kleisarchaki Aggeliki, Lavdaniti Maria
Diabetes Mellitus Care, Department of Nursing, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Cureus. 2023 Feb 18;15(2):e35149. doi: 10.7759/cureus.35149. eCollection 2023 Feb.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the most common endocrine and metabolic disorder in children. On the other hand, little is known regarding the health of parents whose children suffer from T1DM.
The study aims to investigate the mental resilience and physical health of parents of children with type 1 diabetes.
The sample consisted of 80 parents of children and adolescents with T1DM.The study was conducted with the contribution of associations of parents of children with type 1 diabetes in a large hospital in Northern Greece between April 2021 and September 2021. A demographic and clinical questionnaire, the Wagnild and Young Resilience Scale-14 (RS-14), and the General Health 28 Physical Health Measurement Questionnaire (GHQ-28) were used to collect the research data.
Of the parents, 18.8% were male while 65% were female. The mean age of the parents was 44.02±6.71 years while the age of their children with diabetes was 13.13±6.05 years. Almost half of the children followed intensive insulin treatment (47.5%) whereas 22,5% reported that their children received insulin via a pump. A higher percentage of parents reported measuring their children's blood sugar more than six times a day (46,3%) and having their glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels checked four times a year (51.2%). Finally, statistically significant effects on the physical symptoms and severe depression of parents of children with type 1 diabetes were observed.
Additional research is needed to assess the Greek parent population's resilience and physical health. This study will help healthcare providers to expand their knowledge and meet parents' needs.
1型糖尿病（T1DM）是儿童中最常见的内分泌和代谢紊乱疾病。另一方面，对于患有T1DM的儿童的父母的健康状况知之甚少。
本研究旨在调查1型糖尿病患儿父母的心理韧性和身体健康状况。
样本包括80名1型糖尿病患儿的父母。该研究于2021年4月至2021年9月在希腊北部一家大型医院的1型糖尿病患儿父母协会的协助下进行。使用人口统计学和临床问卷、瓦格尼尔和杨心理韧性量表-14（RS-14）以及一般健康28项身体健康测量问卷（GHQ-28）收集研究数据。
在这些父母中，18.8%为男性，65%为女性。父母的平均年龄为44.02±6.71岁，而他们患糖尿病孩子的年龄为13.13±6.05岁。几乎一半的孩子接受强化胰岛素治疗（47.5%），而22.5%的父母报告说他们的孩子通过胰岛素泵接受胰岛素治疗。更高比例的父母报告每天测量孩子血糖超过6次（46.3%），每年检查糖化血红蛋白（HbA1c）水平4次（51.2%）。最后，观察到对1型糖尿病患儿父母的身体症状和严重抑郁有统计学上的显著影响。
需要进一步研究以评估希腊父母群体的心理韧性和身体健康状况。本研究将有助于医疗保健提供者扩展他们的知识并满足父母的需求。
