Table 1.
Instruments Used in the Trial, what they Measure, who Fills in the Forms and When
| Instrument | Measuring | Child | Parent | Diabetes Team | Follow-Up at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes Family Behaviour Scale | Diabetes specific family support (Child and Adolescent 8-18 years) | X | After 6, 12 and 24 months | ||
| PedsQL Generic Core Scales Child self-report | Generic health related quality of life (Adolescent 13-18 year) | X | After 6, and 24 months | ||
| PedsQL Diabetes Module | Diabetes specific health related quality of life (Child 5-7 years and 8-12 years, Adolescent 13-18 years) | X | After 6, 12 and 24 months | ||
| Background variables | Include child gender, age and siblings and parental gender, age, education, income, family situation. | X | X | Discharge, after 6, 12 and 24 months | |
| PedsQL Family impact | The disease’s impact on family | X | Discharge, after 6, 12 and 24 months | ||
| Parents’’/nearest absence | Parents’ and those nearest, absence from work due to the child’s diabetes | X | Discharge, after 6, 12 and 24 months | ||
| Family climate | A list with 85 adjectives where parents’ mark at least 15 that best describe their situation | X | Discharge, after 6, 12 and 24 months | ||
| PedsQL Health Care Satisfaction Generic Module | Parents’ satisfaction with health care | X | Discharge, after 6, 12 and 24 months | ||
| SF 36 Health Utility Index | Parents’ health related quality of life | X | Discharge, after 12 and 24 months | ||
| Mood Adjective Checklist | 38 adjective measuring mood states | X | Discharge, after 12 and 24 months | ||
| Diabetes Family Conflict | Diabetes related family conflict | X | After 6, 12 and 24 months | ||
| THU-5 | Hassles and uplifts in everyday patterns | X | After 6, 12 and 24 months | ||
| The PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales | Parent estimate their child’s generic health related quality of life(Child 3-12 and Adolescent 13-18 years) | X | After 6 months | ||
| PedsQL Diabetes Module | Parent estimate their child’s diabetes specific health related quality of life (Child 2-4, 5-7 or 8-12 years, Adolescent 13-18 years) | X | After 6 and 12 and 24 months | ||
| Psychosocial Assessment Tool (PAT) | Identifying psychosocial risk | X | Discharge, after 6, 12 and 24 months |