Checklists for Assessing Skills of Children With Type 1 Diabetes on Insulin Injection Technique.
Rebecca Ortiz La Banca BarberFlávio RebustiniWillyane A AlvarengaEmilia C de CarvalhoMayara LopesKerry MilaszewskiLucila Castanheira NascimentoPublished in: Journal of diabetes science and technology (2021)
The checklists presented clear, objective, and relevant content that assesses the skills of children with T1D for insulin injection. The checklists formally present the order of the technique and all the steps for insulin injection and allow a quantitative assessment of the operational skills of children. The developed instruments offer providers the possibility of continuous assessment of the progress of the pediatric clientele until they reach independence in diabetes self-care.