Information needs on type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and its management in children and adolescents: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to explore the information needs related to insulin therapy in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) from the children's perspectives as well as their caregivers.

Design

Qualitative study; semistructured interviews. To identify emerging themes relating to information needs, open coding and thematic analysis were employed.

Setting

Participants were recruited from a tertiary care children's hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and a specialist hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Participants

Thirty one children with a mean age of 11.5 years (SD=1.9) and their caregivers were interviewed. Seventeen participants were from Malaysia and 14 were from Saudi Arabia.

Results

Four themes of information em

SUBMITTER: Muhammed Elamin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10989179 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature