Parental monitoring status of the children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) and their quality of life

Objective This study was carried out to determine the relationship between parental monitoring status of the children with type 1 DM and their quality of life. Methods This descriptive-correlational type study was conducted in the pediatric endocrine outpatient clinic of a university hospital located in the northern region of Turkey and included 126 children with type 1 diabetes. The data of the study were collected with the “Parental monitoring of diabetes care scale (PMDC) in adolescents with type 1 diabetes” and “Pediatric quality of life inventory (PedsQL 3.0) diabetes module for children.” Results It was determined that 20.6% of the children were hospitalized for a reason related to diabetes and 7.1% received psychological support due to their disease. The mean score of the parents on the parental monitoring in diabetes care scale in adolescents with type 1 diabetes was found to be 65.40 ± 15.38, and the mean score on the pediatric quality of life inventory for children with type 1 diabetes was found to be 109.11 ± 16.99. No statistically significant correlation was determined between the parents’ scores of the parental monitoring in diabetes care scale in adolescents with type 1 diabetes and the scores of the pediatric quality of life inventory for children with type 1 diabetes ( p > 0.05). Conclusion Although it was observed in the study that the levels of parental monitoring in type 1 diabetes care and pediatric quality of life were above the moderate level, parental monitoring was not found to affect children’s quality of life.