Aim: As youth increasingly adopt diabetes technologies, little is known about device satisfaction. This study sought to understand factors associated with youth and parent diabetes device satisfaction.
Methods: A sample of 157 youth ages 12-19 (Mage=14.7, SD=1.89; 46% female) and their parents enrolled in an RCT provided glycemic and survey data, including single-item ratings of diabetes device satisfaction. Chi-square and t-tests evaluated baseline correlates of satisfaction.
Results: Most youth (57%) endorsed being “very satisfied” with their devices compared to 35% of parents. Only 25% of parent-youth dyads were both “very satisfied.” Most very satisfied youth were male. While youth satisfaction was unrelated to glycemic outcomes, high satisfaction was related to less diabetes distress, better diabetes-related quality of life, better parent-child relationships, and less non-supportive diabetes involvement by parents. Parent satisfaction was related to lower A1c, lower youth diabetes distress, and higher parent diabetes-related quality of life.
Conclusions: Our results highlight key similarities and differences between youth and parents’ device satisfaction. While both parent and youth satisfaction were correlated with youth diabetes distress, parent satisfaction was linked with A1c while youth satisfaction correlated with parent-youth diabetes dynamics. Addressing these areas may promote ongoing device use.
J.J. Wong: None. H.M. Flores: None. S. Hanes: None. J. Ngo: None. K.K. Hood: Consultant; Cecelia Health, Sanofi.
National Institute of Health (K23-DK121771)
