Youth With Type 1 Diabetes Taking Responsibility for Self-Management: The Importance of Executive Functioning in Achieving Glycemic Control

Author:

Vloemans Anne F.1ORCID,Eilander Minke M.A.2,Rotteveel Joost3,Bakker-van Waarde Willie M.4,Houdijk Euphemia C.A.M.5,Nuboer Roos6,Winterdijk Per2,Snoek Frank J.17,De Wit Maartje1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2. Diabeter, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Care and Research, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

3. Department of Pediatrics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

4. Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

5. Department of Pediatrics, Juliana Children’s Hospital/HagaHospital, The Hague, the Netherlands

6. Department of Pediatrics, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands

7. Department of Medical Psychology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Abstract

OBJECTIVE Successful self-management of type 1 diabetes requires cognitive skills such as executive functioning (EF). In the transition to adolescence, youth take over responsibility for diabetes management. We set out to test: 1) the association between EF and glycemic control over time and 2) whether this association was moderated by: a) youth, shared, or parent responsibility for diabetes management and b) youth’s age. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Within the Diabetes IN DevelOpment study (DINO), parents of youth with type 1 diabetes (8–15 years at baseline; N = 174) completed a yearly assessment over 4 years. Glycemic control (HbA1c) was derived from hospital charts. Youth’s EF was measured using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF)-parent report. The Diabetes Family Responsibility Questionnaire (DFRQ)-parent report was used to assess diabetes responsibility (youth, shared, and parent). Linear generalized estimating equations were used to analyze data including youth’s sex, age, and age of diabetes onset as covariates. RESULTS Relatively more EF problems are significantly associated with higher HbA1c over time (β = 0.190; P = 0.002). More EF problems in combination with less youth responsibility (β = 0.501; P = 0.048) or more parental responsibility (β = −0.767; P = 0.006) are significantly associated with better glycemic control over time. Only age significantly moderates the relationship among EF problems, shared responsibility, and glycemic control (β = −0.024; P = 0.019). CONCLUSIONS Poorer EF is associated with worse glycemic control over time, and this association is moderated by responsibility for diabetes management tasks. This points to the importance of EF when youth take over responsibility for diabetes management in order to achieve glycemic control.

Funder

Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation

Publisher

American Diabetes Association

Subject

Advanced and Specialized Nursing,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,Internal Medicine

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