# Communication and Coping: Addressing Mothers' Needs to Improve Outcomes in Adolescents with T1D

> **NIH NIH R01** · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · 2020 · $83,513

## Abstract

SUMMARY
The impact of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19, and efforts to contain and mitigate the
effects of the virus on health and psychosocial outcomes is unknown. It is likely to be more severe in
populations already at risk for adverse behavioral health outcomes, increasing problems among already
distressed families managing type 1 diabetes (T1D). Our ongoing randomized clinical trial (R01DK11545,
Communication and Coping: Addressing Mothers' Needs to Improve Outcomes in Adolescents with Type 1
Diabetes) offers a unique opportunity to study the effects of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and social
distancing. We propose to build on the existing project by leveraging our current sample to collect more
detailed information about the impact of COVID-19 and social distancing requirements on adolescents'
diabetes management and maternal stress and coping. We will achieve these aims by adding survey items
to assess the impact of COVID-19 and conducting qualitative interviews with mother-adolescent dyads who are
experiencing low, moderate, and high impact of COVID. By following 40 dyads over time, we will learn how
new routines and health behaviors are sustained or discontinued when social distancing requirements are
reduced. In addition, we will assess how mothers' experiences of COVID-19 affect their coping, social support,
and distress. The study will be conducted by a multidisciplinary team, consisting of Sarah Jaser, PhD, a
pediatric psychologist, and two collaborators: Lindsay Mayberry, PhD, a family and community psychologist
who uses mixed methods to study family support in diabetes, and Laurie Novak, PhD, a medical health
anthropologist with expertise in assessing the systems used in managing chronic health conditions and how
they are maintained or disrupted by disasters. The proposed study has the potential to inform our
understanding of how COVID-19 and social distancing influences maternal distress and family diabetes
management, which has important clinical and research implications. Results from this study may be used to
promote the most adaptive coping and parenting strategies during times of uncertainty.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10186417
- **Project number:** 3R01DK115545-03S1
- **Recipient organization:** VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Sarah S Jaser
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $83,513
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2018-07-18 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10186417

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10186417, Communication and Coping: Addressing Mothers' Needs to Improve Outcomes in Adolescents with T1D (3R01DK115545-03S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10186417. Licensed CC0.

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