Parental Relationships, Patient-Centered Communication With Healthcare Providers, and Diabetes Management Across Emerging Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether yearly fluctuations in acceptance from and disclosure to parents were associated with fluctuations in perceptions of patient-centered communication (PCC) with the healthcare provider and whether fluctuations in PCC were associated with self-efficacy, type 1 diabetes self-care, and HbA1c across four annual assessments during early emerging adulthood (EA).

Methods

A total of 228 high school seniors (M age = 17.76 years at time 1) reported on mothers' and fathers' acceptance and diabetes-related disclosure to parents, diabetes self-care, and PCC once per year for 4 years. HbA1c was collected from assay kits.

Results

Multilevel models revealed within-person associations such that in years when individuals reported greater maternal acceptance t

SUBMITTER: Berg CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9425845 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature