The Intervention of Parents in Supporting of Diabetes Type 1 in Adolescents
| Autor: | Kyriakos Kazakos, Apostolina Ouzouni, Angeliki Kleisarchaki, Maria Lavdaniti, Konstantina Mouzaki, Evangelos Dimopoulos, Assimina Galli-Tsinopoulou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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self-management medicine.medical_specialty Self-management business.industry Insulin medicine.medical_treatment Type 1 diabetes mellitus parents Mindset Disease Overweight medicine.disease Social support adolescent Intervention (counseling) Diabetes mellitus Family medicine medicine medicine.symptom business mediating |
| Zdroj: | Materia Socio-Medica |
| ISSN: | 1512-7680 |
| Popis: | Introduction: The presence of parents is very important as it enhances the psychology of adolescents resulting to the normal course of the disease. Aim: Investigate the perceptions of adolescents in order to support families in the management of T1D. Material & Methods: It is a descriptive study and 56 patients participated. The Diabetes Social Support Questionnaire-Family Version (DSSQ-Family) and some demographic and clinical characteristics were used. The study conducted in the outpatient unit for pediatric diabetology of the 4th Department of Pediatrics in one tertiary General Hospital in a major city of Northern Greece. Results: Younger adolescents felt more supported by their families. Overweight adolescents experienced less support with respect to insulin injections (p = -.333, r = .018), as did the taller respondents (p = -.323, r = .022). Respondents taking more insulin units felt less supported in general (p = -.268, r = .047) and with respect to blood tests (p = -.290, r = .034). Adolescents carrying out more blood glucose measurements felt less supported concerning their meal plan (p =-.307, r = .028), which they rarely complied with (p =-.322, r = .023). Conclusions: The parental presence is very important enhancing a positive mindset on the part of adolescents and helps achieve the desired treatment results. |
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