The division and transfer of care responsibilities in paediatric type 1 diabetes: A qualitative study on parental perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To determine which factors other than child age play a role in the division and transfer of diabetes care responsibilities between parents and children with type 1 diabetes.

Design

Qualitative focus group study.

Methods

Across four sites in the Netherlands, 18 parents (13 mothers) of children (9-14 years) with type 1 diabetes participated in four focus groups in 2015-2016, as part of the research project 'Whose diabetes is it anyway?'. Qualitative content analysis and the constant comparison method were used to analyse the data.

Results

According to parents, the transfer process included both direct and indirect tasks, had different levels (remembering, deciding, performing), was at times a difficult and stressful process, and showed large variation between

SUBMITTER: Aalders J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8048668 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature