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AAP Grand Rounds 21:63 (2009)
© 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics

BIOETHICS

Parent-Teen Communication About Diabetes Management

Source: Ivey JB, Wright A, Dashiff CJ. Finding the balance: adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents. J Pediatr Health Care. 2009;23(1):10–18; doi:10.1016/j.pedhc.2007.12.2008[CrossRef][Medline]

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PICO

Question: Among families with teenagers aged 11 to 15 years with type 1 diabetes for at least a year, what patterns of communication arise that may negatively impact diabetes management?

Question type: Descriptive

Study design: Qualitative study

 

To understand the ways in which parents and their teenagers communicate about issues related to diabetes management, and to identify themes and patterns of behavior that occur during these conversations, investigators from the University of Alabama at Birmingham conducted a two-hour interview in the homes of families with 11- to 15-year-old teenagers who had type 1 diabetes for at least one year.

To be included, members of each family must have been living together for at least one year, the teenager’s HgbA1C had to be below 7 or above 11, and the teenager with diabetes had to be free of psychological problems, learning disabilities, and other chronic illnesses. The two-hour visit to the family home included questionnaires, interviews of each of the members, and a 10-minute audiotaped interaction between the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Ferdinand D. (Nick) Yates, MD, MA, FAAP
Genesee-Transit Pediatrics, Buffalo, NY

 

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