Parents’ and young people's perceptions of influence of CASCADE (12-month questionnaire)
| Questionnaire items | Answered ‘Quite a lot’/‘A great deal’ | |
|---|---|---|
| Question: After attending some or all of the CASCADE diabetes education sessions, how much did your child/you…? | Parent N=90 | Young person N=97 |
| Knowledge | ||
| Understand better how insulin works | 66 (74%) | 70 (73%) |
| Understand better which foods contain CHO | 73 (81%) | 68 (70%) |
| See why counting the CHO in the food your child/you eat(s) can be helpful | 80 (90%) | 73 (75%) |
| Intention to change | ||
| Want to stop your child's/your glucose levels from going too low or high | 85 (94%) | 85 (87.5%) |
| Want to test your child's/your BG levels more often | 56 (43%) | 40 (42%) |
| Control | ||
| Feel more in charge of your child's/your diabetes | 61 (69%) | 65 (68%) |
| Feel able to change your child's/your insulin dose when they are exercising | 68 (77%) | 66 (69%) |
| Feel you are able to control your child's/your BG levels better | 70 (78%) | 64 (67%) |
| Access to care | ||
| Feel more able to ring/contact your diabetes nurse/GP/hospital if your child/ you need(s) help | 72 (82%) | 52 (54%) |
| Family dynamic | ||
| Feel you had a better understanding of how diabetes affects your family | 67 (75%) | 69 (72%) |
BG, blood glucose; CASCADE, Child and Adolescent Structured Competencies Approach to Diabetes Education; CHO, carbohydrate; GP, general practitioner.