Pilot Trial of a Sleep-Promoting Intervention for Children With Type 1 Diabetes.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of an educational sleep-promoting intervention (Sleep Coach Jr.) for school-aged children (ages 5-9) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their parents. METHODS: Parents and children (N = 39 dyads, mean child age = 8 years, 64% girls,) were randomized to either the Sleep Coach Jr. intervention, consisting of educational materials and three individual phone calls (N = 20), or the Standard Care condition (N = 19). Data were collected at enrollment and 3 months later. Children and parents wore actigraphy devices to obtain an objective measure of sleep characteristics, and parents completed questionnaire measures of sleep quality and psychosocial outcomes. Clinical data (i.e., hemoglobin A1c, glucose data) were obtained from children's medical records. RESULTS: Feasibility and acceptability of the study were demonstrated to be high; all three sessions were completed by 80% of parents randomized to the Sleep Coach Jr. intervention, and 90% of parents completed follow-up data at 3 months. Parents reported high levels of satisfaction with the study and identified barriers to participation. No changes were observed in children's sleep or diabetes outcomes, but parental sleep quality and well-being improved. CONCLUSIONS: A brief, behavioral sleep-promoting intervention is feasible and acceptable for school-aged children with T1D and their parents. A larger trial is needed to evaluate efficacy of the intervention.

THR1VE! Positive psychology intervention to treat diabetes distress in teens with type 1 diabetes: Rationale and trial design.

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience high rates of diabetes distress, which negatively influence self-management and glycemic control. Building on effective positive psychology interventions to improve adherence in adults, as well as our pilot work to adapt these interventions for adolescents, we developed a positive psychology intervention for adolescents with T1D. The goal of THR1VE! is to reduce diabetes distress in adolescents with T1D and improve their diabetes outcomes. This multi-site randomized controlled trial compares a Diabetes Education + text-message-based Positive Affect intervention, to a Diabetes Education control condition. In the ongoing trial, we are evaluating the effects of the intervention on adolescents' diabetes distress, self-management, and glycemic control. This paper describes the rationale, trial design, and methodology of the THR1VE! Study.