Expect the unexpected: Adolescent and pre-teens' experience of diabetes technology self-management.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Only 17% of adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are currently meeting their glycemic targets despite advances in diabetes technologies. Self-management behaviors and challenges specific to use of diabetes technologies are insufficiently studied in adolescents. We aimed to describe the experience of diabetes technology self-management, including facilitators and barriers, among preteens/adolescents with low and high A1C.

Research design and methods

Youth (10-18 years of age) with T1D who use insulin pump therapy were recruited from the larger quantitative cohort of a mixed methods study for participation in semi-structured qualitative interviews. Maximum variability sampling was used to recruit youth with A1C <7.5% (n = 5) and A1C >9% (n = 5). Participants' perso

SUBMITTER: Faulds ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8530879 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature