Sleep quality in parents of, and children with type 1 Diabetes.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Parent and child sleep quality in young children with type 1 diabetes: prevalence and predictors.
IRAS ID
206924
Contact name
Catherine Hill
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Southampton Univerisity Hospitals NHS Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 13 days
Research summary
Sleep is often overlooked in the care of children with chronic disorders, although such children may be prone to poor sleep. This is important because sleep promotes healthy neural functioning, stable emotional states, immune health, tissue healing and repair. When young children sleep poorly this often has a direct impact on the child’s main carer. Thus poor sleep can create an additional burden to care and additional risk to health in children with chronic disease.
This research project will be focusing on type 1 diabetes in children specifically the quality of sleep in both the affected child and the main carer. Children with diabetes are prone to hypoglycaemia at night and theoretically such concerns may lead to sleep difficulties in the child and in turn the parent. With sufficient data we will study key potential clinical predictors of sleep difficulties in the child, such as type of insulin regime used (intermittent dosing versus continuous infusion) and usual glucose testing practices at night.
This is a simple cross-sectional design using standardised questionnaires to measure sleep quality in parent (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index) and child (Paediatric Sleep questionnaire) alongside a brief clinical and demographic questionnaire designed for the study. Additional clinical data will be sourced from the hospital records.
Participants will include children with type 1 diabetes aged 3-11 years and their parents recruited through the Children's diabetes service in Southampton Children's Hospital. Parents will be sent participant information sheets ahead of their child’s clinic appointment. Those interested to participate will be given questionnaires at the clinic, having consented to participate. Questionnaires should take no more than 25 minutes to complete. Parents will have the option to take the questionnaires home and return by post. We estimate that 35-40 (parent-child dyad) participants can be recruited in the time available.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/YH/0368
Date of REC Opinion
19 Aug 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion