Stress among fathers of young children with type 1 diabetes.

Abstract

Although fathers' stress has been shown to have important implications for children's health and well-being, few studies of children with type 1 diabetes have considered paternal parenting stress. The current study contributes to the literature by exploring correlates of fathers' pediatric parenting stress in a sample of young children with type 1 diabetes. Forty-three fathers of children 2-6 years old with type 1 diabetes completed self-report questionnaires examining pediatric parenting stress, child behavior, participation in diabetes management tasks, and parental psychological resources. Results of multiple regression show that fathers' pediatric parenting stress is positively associated with state anxiety and mother-reported difficult child behavior. These findings suggest that fathers may experience parenting stress differently than mothers, and that their experiences may have implications not only for their own level of anxiety, but also for their children's behavior.

Mental health issues associated with foot complications of diabetes mellitus

“…Caregivers to patients with type 1 diabetes, especially fathers, may experience clinical depressive symptoms and heightened individual, cultural, family, and environmental stress. [23][24][25]. However, limited information is available about the effect of diabetic foot problems on mental health of caregivers.…”

Brittle Diabetes: A Contemporary Review of the Myth and Its Realization

“…A significant predictor for the daily blood glucose variation is mood (Milch et al, 2002). These results suggest the benefit of psychotherapy for young patients with brittle diabetes ( (Mitchell et al, 2009). Psychological therapy improves noncompliance as a primary cause of "brittleness" and in most cases patients are completed rehabilitated (Schade et al, 1985;Viner et al, 2003).…”

Brief report: Maternal posttraumatic stress symptoms are related to adherence to their child’s diabetes treatment regimen

“…Furthermore, parents are expected to acquire a sophisticated understanding of the disease process in order to effectively respond to potentially life-threatening situations, such as hyper-or hypoglycaemia and ketoacidosis. Perhaps unsurprisingly, increased parental and family stress, and lower parental self-esteem, efficacy and satisfaction, have been reported (Helgeson et al, 2012;Lewin et al, 2005;Mitchell et al, 2009;Sullivan-Bolyai et al, 2002). Parents also report posttraumatic stress symptoms triggered by their child's IDDM (Horsch et al, 2007;Horsch et al, 2012;Landoldt et al, 2002).…”

“…They were asked to rate how often they experienced each of the PTSD symptoms in the past month, using a 4-point Likert frequency 6 scale ranging from not at all or only one time to five times per week or almost always. Total scores range from mild (≤10), moderate (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20), moderate to severe (21-35) to severe (≥36). A symptom was rated as present when the item corresponding with the symptom was rated 1 or greater (Foa and Meadows, 1997).…”