Development and Validation of the Parent-Preschoolers Diabetes Adjustment Scale (PP-DAS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This article extends work on a social-ecological model of caregiver adjustment and describes the: (a) development and (b) validation of the Parent-Preschoolers Diabetes Adjustment Scale (PP-DAS), a broad measure of caregiver adjustment.

Methods

Participants were caregivers (nstudy1 = 51; nstudy2 = 177) of very young children (<6 years old) with Type 1 diabetes (T1D). In study 1, researchers and stakeholders collaborated to develop 92 items using the 5 domains of a social-ecological model of caregiver adjustment to the challenges of raising a very young child with T1D, and parents and researchers provided feedback on these items. In study 2, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were used to examine the factor structure of the PP-D

SUBMITTER: Enlow PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7029691 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature