Lawson, Margaret L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2370-9552
Shephard, Allyson L.
Feenstra, Bryan
Boland, Laura
Sourial, Nadia
Stacey, Dawn
Funding for this research was provided by:
CIHR (KAL 122162)
Article History
Received: 5 June 2019
Accepted: 22 December 2019
First Online: 3 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Research Ethics Boards at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the University of Ottawa. Research staff used a script to review consent to participate with potential participants (e.g., study purpose, advise that the survey was anonymous, voluntary, and that their responses would be kept confidential). Participants were given the opportunity to ask questions before deciding if he or she would like to enroll in the study. Youth who agreed to participate and their parent(s), regardless of the youths’ age, provided written informed consent, and assent by the youth if necessary, prior to the decision coaching.
: Not applicable.
: Margaret Lawson is the PI of an unrelated investigator-initiated study which used insulin pumps that were purchased for the study participants from Medtronic Canada at a discounted rate. Neither the participants in this coaching study, nor their family members were participants in any of Margaret Lawson’s insulin pump studies. Other authors have no financial relationships or conflicts of interest relevant to this article to disclose. All other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.