The Intervention of Parents in Supporting of Diabetes Type 1 in Adolescents

• Published in: Materia socio-medica 2018-06, Vol.30 (2), p.98-102
• Main Authors: Ouzouni, Apostolina, Galli-Tsinopoulou, Assimina, Kazakos, Kyriakos, Dimopoulos, Evangelos, Kleisarchaki, Angeliki N, Mouzaki, Konstantina, Lavdaniti, Maria
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Diabetes; Original Paper; Teenagers
• ISSN: 1512-7680; 1986-597X
• DOI: 10.5455/msm.2018.30.98-102

The presence of parents is very important as it enhances the psychology of adolescents resulting to the normal course of the disease. Investigate the perceptions of adolescents in order to support families in the management of T1D. It is a descriptive study and 56 patients participated. The Diabetes Social Support Questionnaire-Family Version (DSSQ-Family) and some demographic and clinical characteristics were used. The study conducted in the outpatient unit for pediatric diabetology of the 4 Department of Pediatrics in one tertiary General Hospital in a major city of Northern Greece. Younger adolescents felt more supported by their families. Overweight adolescents experienced less support with respect to insulin injections (p = -.333, r = .018), as did the taller respondents (p = -.323, r = .022). Respondents taking more insulin units felt less supported in general (p = -.268, r = .047) and with respect to blood tests (p = -.290, r = .034). Adolescents carrying out more blood glucose measurements felt less supported concerning their meal plan (p =-.307, r = .028), which they rarely complied with (p =-.322, r = .023). The parental presence is very important enhancing a positive mindset on the part of adolescents and helps achieve the desired treatment results.