The Impact of Changing to a New Child- and Family-centered Outpatient Diabetes Clinic Focusing on Early Involvement of the Child With Diabetes, Training in Calmness Around Diabetes Management, Healthy Lifestyle, and Creating Peer-to-peer Networks

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Group consultations and peer-to-peer learning: The intervention introduces strategies to promote structured meals, calmness, and balanced diabetes self-management using play and storytelling learning strategies. Families participate in interactive modules in small groups (\~6-8 families), covering topics like "Meal Calmness" and "Calm Mind" four times during a year (every third month). Parents learn practical techniques to reduce conflict and improve dialogue around diabetes management. Children under 7 receive play-based sessions; those 7 and older receive story-based sessions. Clinical data as well as questionnaires will be collected at each session.

Standard Care (in control arm): The control group receives standard care, with the intervention offered later in a waitlist design. Clinical data as well as questionnaires will be collected at baseline and again after one year.

Study summary

The goal of StenoChild is to strengthen the treatment of children under 10 years old with diabetes through a multi-component approach. This includes play-based methods, a focus on nutrition and mental health, and peer-to-peer programs that facilitate parental support and learning. The project has both a clinical and organizational dimension, as it aims to improve diabetes care and change practices and task organization at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, SDCC.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Parental diabetes-related quality of life (T1DAL) — From baseline to study end after one year
  Change in Parental diabetes-related quality of life, measured by the questionnaire T1DAL in Danish. An increase in score indicates an improvement in parental diabetes-related quality of life.
• Children's perception of clinical visits (MyHospitalVoice) — From baseline to study end after one year
  Change in Children's perception of clinical visits, measured by the questionnaire MyHospitalVoice in Danish. An increase in score indicates an improvement in perception of clinical visits-

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