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Table 3 Primary and secondary outcome measures used in the Sugarsquare study

From: The Sugarsquare study: protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial concerning a web-based patient portal for parents of a child with type 1 diabetes

Outcome

Measure

Primary outcome

 

Parenting stress

Parenting Stress Index- short form (PSI-SF [40])

Secondary outcomes

 

Parents’ psychosocial wellbeing

General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12 [42])

Parents’ satisfaction of quality of diabetes care

Patients’ Evaluation of Quality of care- Diabetes (PEQ-D [43])

Parents’ knowledge about diabetes (care)

Diabetes Knowledge Test (DKT [44])

Parents’ treatment adherence

Morisky Medicine Adherence Scale (MMAS [45])

Parents’ confidence in diabetes self-care

Confidence In Diabetes Self-care questionnaire (CIDS [46])

Diabetes related conflicts

Diabetes Family Conflict Scale (DFCS [47])

The impact of diabetes on the family

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory - family impact scale (PedsQL FIS [48]

The child’s quality of life

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory - generic scale - parent report (PedsQL generic [49])

The child’s health-related quality of life

Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory - diabetes module - parent report (PedsQL-DM [49])

The child’s psychosocial well-being

Strength and difficulties questionnaire - parent report (SDQ [50])