Table 2.

Domain of Parent Concerns by Type of Child's Diabetes^a

Parent concerns	Total population	T1DM	T2DM	p value
Access to child's provider
I would like shorter wait times to access my child's physician	84.9%	80.0%	90.9%	.04
I would like easier phone access to my provider to discuss my child's diabetes care	78.7%	76.8%	77.2%	.85
I would like to be able to email my provider to discuss my child's diabetes	77.8%	70.4%	79.2%	.12
More contact with my health care provider would significantly improve my child's diabetes	67.5%	68.0%	61.0%	.31
I think my child's physician does not pay as much attention to my child's diabetes as they should	28.5%	23.2%	37.7%	.03
Overall access concernb	53.0%	52.0%	54.5%	.72

Parenting issues
I feel like I pester my child about glucose readings and meals while at school or away from home	64.8%	64.0%	64.5%	.95
I am concerned my child is not testing glucose readings enough	57.2%	59.2%	54.0%	.47
I am concerned my child is not always telling the truth about their glucose readings	53.5%	55.2%	51.3%	.59
My child is responsible for taking care of him/herself and tells me what I need to knowc	31.5%	32.0%	30.7%	.84
Overall parenting concernb	46.0%	48.8%	41.6%	.32

Knowledge about managing child's diabetes
I don't know enough about diabetes to take care of my child in the best way possible	22.6%	16.8%	35.1%	.003
The treatment plans given to me by my health care provider are too complex to understand	24.2%	20.8%	32.5%	.06
Overall knowledge concernb	15.3%	11.2%	22.1%	.04

^aPercentage of subjects responding “strongly agree” or “agree.”

^bPercentage of subjects with more than three access concerns, more than two parenting concerns, or more than one knowledge concern.

^cPercentage of subjects responding “strongly disagree” or “disagree.”