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Individual and Family Management in Portuguese Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: a Path Analysis.

Ana Cristina AlmeidaM Engrácia LeandroM Graça Pereira
Published in: International journal of behavioral medicine (2020)
Findings showed the adequacy of Grey and colleagues' model (Nurs Outlook 63:162-170, 2015) in adolescents with type 1 diabetes and how family support, parental coping, and adherence contribute to diabetes management. Interventions to improve adolescents' and family's management of Type 1 diabetes should be designed to change adolescents' and family's representations and enhance their ability and skills in diabetes management.
Keyphrases
  • young adults
  • physical activity
  • type diabetes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • glycemic control
  • metabolic syndrome