TY - JOUR
T1 - Grandparent Education Through Simulation-Diabetes
AU - Maguire, Laura L.
AU - Crawford, Sybil
AU - Sullivan-Bolyai, Susan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to express our deepest gratitude to Karen Cullen, RN, CDE, Kimberly Johnson RN, CDE, and the grandparents who participated in this study. We also gratefully acknowledge Dr Carol Bova, PhD, ANP, RN, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Graduate School of Nursing PhD Program Director, who generously provided guidance and support throughout the conduct of this research and the preparation of this article. The research and publication was part of the funding received by the last author, S.S.B. (through National Institute of Health–National Institute of Nursing Research [NIH-NINR] 5R01NR011317-04).
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of using human patient simulation (HPS) to teach type 1 diabetes (T1DM) management to grandparents of grandchildren with T1DM. Thirty grandparents (11 male, 19 female) of young grandchildren (aged 12 and under) with T1DM were recruited from an urban medical center. Experimental group (n = 14) grandparents received hands-on visual T1DM management education using an HPS intervention, and control group (n = 16) grandparents received similar education using a non-HPS intervention. This study demonstrated the feasibility of recruiting and retaining grandparents into a clinical trial using HPS to teach T1DM management. Post intervention, all grandparent scores for T1DM knowledge, confidence, and fear showed significant improvement from time 1 to time 2, with HPS group grandparent scores showing consistently larger improvement. The consistency of larger HPS-taught grandparent score improvement is suggestive of a benefit for the HPS teaching method. Early multimethod Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)–provided T1DM education is an important point of entry for inducting grandparent members onto the grandchild's diabetes care team.
AB - Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of using human patient simulation (HPS) to teach type 1 diabetes (T1DM) management to grandparents of grandchildren with T1DM. Thirty grandparents (11 male, 19 female) of young grandchildren (aged 12 and under) with T1DM were recruited from an urban medical center. Experimental group (n = 14) grandparents received hands-on visual T1DM management education using an HPS intervention, and control group (n = 16) grandparents received similar education using a non-HPS intervention. This study demonstrated the feasibility of recruiting and retaining grandparents into a clinical trial using HPS to teach T1DM management. Post intervention, all grandparent scores for T1DM knowledge, confidence, and fear showed significant improvement from time 1 to time 2, with HPS group grandparent scores showing consistently larger improvement. The consistency of larger HPS-taught grandparent score improvement is suggestive of a benefit for the HPS teaching method. Early multimethod Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)–provided T1DM education is an important point of entry for inducting grandparent members onto the grandchild's diabetes care team.
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U2 - 10.1177/0145721715607982
DO - 10.1177/0145721715607982
M3 - Article
C2 - 26424677
AN - SCOPUS:84947431370
SN - 0145-7217
VL - 41
SP - 678
EP - 689
JO - The Diabetes Educator
JF - The Diabetes Educator
IS - 6
ER -