Barriers and facilitators to taking on diabetes self-management tasks in pre-adolescent children with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study

Barriers and facilitators to taking on diabetes self-management tasks in pre-adolescent children with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative study

Abstract Background When children with type 1 diabetes approach adolescence, they are encouraged to become more involved in diabetes self-management. This study explored the challenges pre-adolescent children encounter when self-managing diabetes and the factors which motivate and enable them to tak...

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Main Authors: David Rankin, Jeni Harden, Katharine Barnard, Louise Bath, Kathryn Noyes, John Stephen, Julia Lawton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
Subjects:
Type 1 diabetes
Children
Pre-adolescents
Self-management
Qualitative research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12902-018-0302-y

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