Benefits and Barriers of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT: Background: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has potential to address challenges of type 1 diabetes (T1D) management for young children. CGM use is increasing, yet remains underutilized. Characterizing parents' experiences with CGM can inform clinical strategies to help parents make decisions about diabetes management, overcome obstacles to initiating and sustaining CGM use, and maximize benefits of CGM use in their children's diabetes care. Methods: Transcripts from semistructured qualitative interviews with 55 parents of children aged 1 to <8 years, with T1D duration ≥6 months, and whose child currently or previously used CGM were coded and analyzed to derive themes about their experiences with CGM. Results: Participants were 88% mothers and t

SUBMITTER: Hilliard ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6708264 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature