Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 1 · Licensed source edition
Using Relational Agents to Promote Family Communication Around Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management in the Diabetes Family Teamwork Online Intervention: Longitudinal Pilot Study
Originally published 2019-09-13 · Journal of Medical Internet Research
JMIR Publications Inc. · DOI 10.2196/15318 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
Could a structured conversation help a teen and parent agree on how to share a daily task?
An online family-teamwork program used relational agents to support communication about self-management. Assessments focused on feasibility in one group.
Who was studied?
Parent–adolescent pairs recruited through a diabetes care clinic in the southwestern United States.
Age / stage: Adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Read with three questions
- What can the three-month follow-up contribute in the absence of a comparison group?
- Which outcomes address feasibility and which would need a larger comparative trial?
- How does the study distinguish one family member’s report from a shared account?
Keep the limits in view
Preliminary work is informative about acceptability and delivery. Small or selected samples and limited follow-up restrict conclusions about effectiveness for other families.
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Debbe Thompson; Chishinga Callender; Caroline Gonynor; Karen W Cullen; Maria J Redondo; Ashley Butler; Barbara J Anderson; Gunther Eysenbach; Sindelar Brigitte; Tamara Oser (2019). Using Relational Agents to Promote Family Communication Around Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management in the Diabetes Family Teamwork Online Intervention: Longitudinal Pilot Study Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/15318
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