title: Mother-father informant discrepancies regarding diabetes management: associations with diabetes-specific family conflict and glycemic control.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the relationship of mother-father informant discrepancies regarding diabetes management to diabetes-specific family conflict and glycemic control.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred thirty-six mothers and fathers of youth with Type 1 diabetes reported on the youth's diabetes management, diabetes-specific family conflict, and amount of paternal involvement in diabetes care. Glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) was used to measure glycemic control.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As hypothesized, mother-father discrepancies regarding diabetes management were positively associated with frequency of diabetes-specific family conflict. Contrary to hypotheses, mother-father discrepancies regarding diabetes management predicted poorer glycemic control for youth with less involved fathers only.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results highlight the importance of caregivers being consistent about pediatric illness management and support the idea that informant discrepancies represent an important window into the functioning of the family system.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19899, USA. esood@nemours.org
authors: Erica D
authors: ED
authors: Sood
authors: Jennifer Shroff
authors: JS
authors: Pendley
authors: Alan M
authors: AM
authors: Delamater
authors: Jennifer M
authors: JM
authors: Rohan
authors: Elizabeth R
authors: ER
authors: Pulgaron
authors: Dennis
authors: D
authors: Drotar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001786:Blood Glucose; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003625:Data Collection; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D054541:Family Conflict; D005192:Family Health; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin