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{"title":"Impact of continuous glucose monitoring on everyday life of young children with type 1 diabetes and their parents: An evaluation of 114 families","authors":"K. Aouchiche ,&nbsp;D. Bernoux ,&nbsp;E. Baechler Sadoul ,&nbsp;E. Haine ,&nbsp;F. Joubert ,&nbsp;S. Epstein ,&nbsp;N. Faure Galon ,&nbsp;F. Dalla-Vale ,&nbsp;J.C. Combe ,&nbsp;M. Samper ,&nbsp;G. Simonin ,&nbsp;S. Castets ,&nbsp;E. Marquant ,&nbsp;J. Vergier ,&nbsp;R. Reynaud","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The prevalence of type 1 diabetes is increasing worldwide. The advent of new monitoring devices has enabled tighter glycemic control.</p></div><div><h3>Aim</h3><p>To study the impact of glucose monitoring devices on the everyday life of young children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and their parents.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A questionnaire was addressed to parents of children with T1D under the age of 6 years with an insulin pump treated in one of the hospitals of the ADIM network in France between January and July 2020.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Among the 114 families included in the study, 53% of parents (26/49) woke up every night to monitor blood glucose levels when their child had flash glucose monitoring (FGM), compared with 23% (13/56) of those whose child had continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Overall, 81% of parents (86/108) found that glucose monitoring improved their own sleep and parents whose child had CGM were significantly more likely to report improved sleep (86% vs 73%, <em>p</em> = 0.006). Forty-nine percent of parents (55/113) declared that they (in 87% of cases, the mother only) had reduced their working hours or stopped working following their child’s T1D diagnosis. Maternal unemployment was significantly associated with the presence of siblings (<em>p</em> = 0.001) but not with glycemic control (p = 0,87). Ninety-eight percent of parents (105/107) think that glucose monitoring improves school integration.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>In these families of children with T1D, new diabetes technologies reduced the burden of care but sleep disruption remained common. Social needs evaluation, particularly of mothers, is important at initial diagnosis of T1D in children.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Barriers and solutions for the management of severe hypoglycaemia in people with diabetes in Spain: A Delphi survey","authors":"Domingo Orozco-Beltrán ,&nbsp;Adriana López Pineda ,&nbsp;José Antonio Quesada ,&nbsp;Esther Artime ,&nbsp;Silvia Díaz-Cerezo ,&nbsp;Jennifer Redondo-Antón ,&nbsp;Miriam Rubio-de Santos ,&nbsp;Erik Spaepen ,&nbsp;María Concepción Carratala Munuera","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objective</h3><p>Severe hypoglycaemia (SH) imposes a significant burden for people with diabetes (PwD), their caregivers (CGs), and the healthcare system. The study aimed to identify barriers and solutions in the management of SH in PwD in Spain, gathering consensus from physicians and nurses.</p></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><p>Expert opinion from physicians and nurses who manage PwD was collected via a 2-round online Delphi method. Consensus was predefined as ≥ 70% of the panellists agreeing or disagreeing with the statement.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Physicians (n = 25) and nurses (n = 17) reached ≥ 90% consensus on the following barriers for the management of SH: absence of symptoms, cost to the health system, lack of implementation of glucose monitoring devices, lack of patient training to identify and manage SH, and the fear of SH in children and CGs. Main solutions, identified with ≥ 70% consensus, included training, education, and psychological support using diabetes nurse educators and the use of new glucose monitoring technologies and applications.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study provides valuable insights on the barriers and solutions in the management of SH in Spain. Structured self-management training, the support of diabetes educators, and the use of insulin delivery devices and glucose monitoring technologies is required for the management of SH.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751991823001869/pdfft?md5=36db401eb137b0bb24f541d9b7f7a0e7&pid=1-s2.0-S1751991823001869-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138479860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Living alone increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on longitudinal studies","authors":"Jinrong Huang ,&nbsp;Liping Xiao ,&nbsp;Hui Zhao ,&nbsp;Fuwei Liu ,&nbsp;Lihui Du","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Living alone is a prevalent psychological issue that has been found to have significant implications for lifestyle and health status. While considerable research has been conducted to explore the relationship between living alone and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the majority of studies have been cross-sectional, leaving direct correlations elusive. Therefore, this study aims to analyze data from longitudinal studies to determine whether living alone increases the risk of T2DM.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A comprehensive search was conducted in the PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase databases to identify studies examining the association between living alone and T2DM risk. The search encompassed studies published until September 2023. Pooled analysis utilized the random-effects model with inverse variance and included adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs).</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The meta-analysis comprised a total of 8 studies, which consisted of 5 prospective cohort studies and 3 retrospective cohort studies. The total population under consideration included 11,686,677 individuals without T2DM, of whom 54.3% were female. Among this population, 396,368 individuals developed T2DM. To account for heterogeneity, a random-effects model was employed. Overall, the pooled data demonstrated a significant association between living alone and an increased risk of T2DM when compared to living with others (HR 1.24, 95% CI 1.06–1.46). Subgroup analysis revealed that this risk was not statistically significant for either males (HR 1.28, 95% CI 0.93–1.76) or females (HR 1.06, 95% CI 0.84–1.33), nor in prospective cohort studies (HR 1.26, 95% CI 0.91–1.74) or retrospective cohort studies (HR 1.26, 95% CI 0.91–1.74).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Individuals living alone faced a significantly higher risk of developing diabetes compared to those who did not live alone. However, no significant difference in this risk was observed between genders and study types. Further high-quality studies are necessary in the future to elucidate this causal association.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751991823002164/pdfft?md5=b470314cf2d668977f73f7a27dddd0c1&pid=1-s2.0-S1751991823002164-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138833820","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sodium glucose cotransporter2 inhibitors for type 1 diabetes mellitus: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials","authors":"Juanli Nan ,&nbsp;Dekai Wang ,&nbsp;Ruxian Zhong ,&nbsp;Fen Liu ,&nbsp;Jingmei Luo ,&nbsp;Ping Tang ,&nbsp;Xiaoxiao Song ,&nbsp;Lihua Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.10.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.10.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims</h3><p>Sodium glucose cotransporter2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are controversial in the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). This study is a systematic evaluation of the safety of SGLT2 inhibitors usage in T1DM.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Comprehensive literature search in six databases from inception to September 2022. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of T1DM treated with SGLT2 inhibitor vs. placebo were included. Data were extracted from the literature that met the inclusion criteria. After quality evaluation by the Cochrane risk bias assessment tool, meta-analysis was performed using Revman 5.4 and Stata 17.1.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The study consisted of 16 RCTs with 7192 patients. The results indicated that SGLT2inhibitors reduce glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c, Mean difference (MD)− 0.29%, P &lt; 0.05), fasting plasma glucose (FPG, MD-0.85 mmol/L, P &lt; 0.05), mean amplitude of glucose excursions (MAGE, 15.75 mg/dL, P &lt; 0.05), body weight (MD-3.49 kg, P &lt; 0.05), and total insulin dosage (MD-7.14 IU/day, P &lt; 0.05). Furthermore, cautious SGLT2 inhibitors did not induce the risk of hypoglycemia (RR1.00, P = 0.86), urinary tract infections (RR1.02, P = 0.085), and diarrhea (RR1.34, P = 0.523).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Based on this meta-analysis, SGLT22 inhibitors reduce insulin dosage without increasing the risk of hypoglycemia and diabetic ketoacidosis for type 1 diabetes mellitus in 1month.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138049086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Diabetes Caregiver Activity and Support Scale (D-CASS)","authors":"Merve Günbaş ,&nbsp;Dilek Büyükkaya Besen ,&nbsp;Merve Dervişoğlu","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><p>The study was a methodological conducted to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Diabetes Caregiver Activity and Support Scale (D-CASS).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This study was included on 272 individuals who cared for patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at least one year ago. Language, content, internal criterion, construct-concept validity were used to test the validity of the scale, and cronbach alpha, item-scale correlation, and test-retest were used to test the reliability.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The CVI was 0.95. The study was conducted with 272(60.3% female, 39.7% male) caregivers of individuals with type 2 diabetes. The study was found four week test-retest reliability with r = 0.70, p &lt; 0001. The factor loadings of the scale items are between 0.77 and 0.95. The single factor obtained explains 75% of the total variance. The scale was found to have a high degree of reliability (Cronbach alpha=0.95).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>The activities and supportive behaviours scale of caregivers of individuals with type 2 diabetes(D-CASS) is a valid and reliable measurement tool that can be used for the Turkish population.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138688850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Associations between physical activity and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A prospective cohort study from NHANES 2007–2018","authors":"Jie Lu,&nbsp;Xiting Cao,&nbsp;Xinyu Chang,&nbsp;Guowei Zheng,&nbsp;Hao Zhu,&nbsp;Shuaijie Gao,&nbsp;Zhenwei Wang,&nbsp;Xiaocan Jia,&nbsp;Xuezhong Shi,&nbsp;Yongli Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.11.010","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims</h3><p>To investigate the dose-response association between physical activity and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and the effects of replacing sedentary behavior with physical activity.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>4808 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus were included in NHANES 2007–2018. Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals. Isotemporal substitution analyses were further to determine the possible benefit of replacing sedentary time.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>During a median follow-up of 6.58 years, 902 deaths occurred, including 290 deaths from cardiovascular disease. Compared with the inactive group, the low-active and high-active groups were associated with declined risks of all-cause mortality [HRs (95% CIs) 0.64 (0.50, 0.83); 0.60 (0.50, 0.73), respectively] and cardiovascular mortality [0.50 (0.29, 0.88); 0.54 (0.39, 0.76)), respectively]. Dose-response analysis showed a significant U-shaped curve between physical activity and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Replacing 30 min/day of sedentary time with physical activity was substantially linked to a reduced risk of 8–32% mortality.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>A high level of PA of 40.52 and 31.66 MET-h/week was respectively related to the lowest risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Replacing sedentary time with physical activity could benefit the type 2 diabetes mellitus population.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138489424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring capillary blood glucose concentration: Is the first blood drop really the right blood drop?","authors":"Wibke Johannis ,&nbsp;Annika Meyer ,&nbsp;Dzemal Elezagic,&nbsp;Thomas Streichert","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.08.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Capillary blood glucose (CBG) is fundamental for diabetes mellitus management. However, it is still unclear whether the first or the subsequent blood drops most accurately reflect patients’ blood glucose levels.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p><span>128 healthy volunteers were included in this prospective cohort study from November 2021 to December 2021. Capillary blood glucose concentrations of the first four blood drops, measured using glucose meters were compared with </span>venous blood<span> concentrations of the respective donors, measured using an in-lab hexokinase<span> method. ANOVA, the Spearman correlation coefficient and Bland-Altman plots were used to analyze the data.</span></span></p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The mean plasma glucose concentration was 90.46 mg/dl with an SD of ± 14.416 (5.02 ± 0.8 mmol/l). There were statistically strong correlations among the glucose concentrations of all capillary blood drops (correlation coefficients of r &gt; 0.8). The first capillary blood drops showed the lowest mean difference to plasma blood glucose concentrations (+4.92 mg/dl; +0.27 mmol/l), followed by the third drop (+7.28 mg/dl; +0.4 mmol/l), second drop (+7.30 mg/dl; +0.4 mmol/l) and fourth drop (+8.87 mg/dl; +0.49 mmol/l).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>There is a strong correlation and good agreement between the different capillary blood drops, making all blood drops equally suitable for blood glucose monitoring. In practice, the given setting (clinical or patient self-monitoring) should be considered upon choosing a specific blood drop.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10518932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The relationship between diabetes burden and health-related quality of life in elderly people with diabetes","authors":"Gülay Yildirim ,&nbsp;Mahruk Rashidi ,&nbsp;Funda Karaman ,&nbsp;Aslı Genç ,&nbsp;Gülşah Ünsal Jafarov ,&nbsp;Neşe Kiskaç ,&nbsp;İbrahim Ulusoy ,&nbsp;Nurten Elki̇n ,&nbsp;Sultan Çakmak","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.08.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.08.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>One of the most common chronic diseases in the elderly is diabetes. When diabetes is not well controlled, it can cause complications and affect health-related quality of life. Determining the burden of diabetes in elderly patients can provide a good health-related quality of life.</p></div><div><h3>Aim</h3><p>The study was conducted to examine the relationship between diabetes burden and health-related quality of life in elderly patients with diabetes.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This is a descriptive and correlational study of 207 patients who applied to the diabetes outpatient clinics of a private and a public hospital in Istanbul. Respondents were completed with “Personal Information Form for Elderly People”, “Elderly Diabetes Burden Scale” and the “Quality of Life in the Elderly Scale”. Data were analyzed by SPSS. The tests used are Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis and Spearman Correlation tests.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The mean total score from the Elderly Diabetes Burden Scale was 47.13 ± 11.95 (18−88), and the mean score from the Quality of Life in the Elderly Scale was 19.36 ± 7.00. In the study, as the total diabetes burden score of the elderly patients increased, the Quality of Life in the Elderly Scale score decreased. There was a difference between the mean total score of the Elderly Diabetes Burden Scale and gender, education, living alone and using oral antidiabetic (p &lt; 0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>As a result it was determined, a negative correlation was found between the diabetes CASP-19 scale total score and the total EDBS. Determining the burden of diabetes and affecting factors in elderly is important in terms of increasing the health-related quality of life. It may be recommended to plan diabetes education programs that will reduce the burden of diabetes and increase the health-related quality of life in elderly patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751991823001456/pdfft?md5=8433d986165284e932f5bbb51eae1526&pid=1-s2.0-S1751991823001456-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10169417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cardiometabolic risk profile of young and old adults with diabetes: Pooled, cross-sectional analysis of 42 national health surveys","authors":"Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco ,&nbsp;Wilmer Cristobal Guzman-Vilca ,&nbsp;Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.10.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.10.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims</h3><p>To compare levels of cardiometabolic risk factors in young and old adults with diabetes.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Pooled analysis of 42 STEPS Surveys (n = 133,717). Diabetes was defined as self-reported diagnosis or fasting plasma glucose ≥ 126 mg/dl. There were two age groups: &lt; 40 and ≥ 40 years. We summarized the mean levels of four cardiometabolic risk factors by country, sex and age group.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p><span>In 11 (men) and seven countries (women), the mean BMI seemed higher in young versus old adults; largest difference was found in men in Qatar (∼6 kg/m</span>²<span><span>). For waist circumference, such pattern was observed in two (men) and in three (women) countries; largest difference in men in Tuvalu (∼7 cm). Regarding systolic blood pressure, in one country (Myanmar) the mean was higher in young men with ∼8 mmHg difference. Women in the oldest group always had higher mean systolic blood pressure. For </span>total cholesterol, in 13 (men) and five (women) countries the mean was higher in young adults (difference was always &lt;1 mmol/l).</span></p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Levels of cardiometabolic risk factors in young versus old adults with diabetes were heterogenous across 42 countries and depended on the risk factor. This calls to monitor cardiometabolic risk factors in young adults with diabetes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"61567099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How online peer support affects management efficacy and mitigates difficulties of parents caring for children with type 1 diabetes","authors":"Norbert Buzás ,&nbsp;Mária Dóra Horváth ,&nbsp;Zsanett Tesch ,&nbsp;Emese Hallgató","doi":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.pcd.2023.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The proper management of pediatric type 1 diabetes depends substantially on the parents of affected children. Parental psychological traits specifically related to diabetes caregiving influence the quality of their care and management of the disease in their children. Parents often use Facebook groups as sources of peer support and information about diabetes care. The present study aimed to examine the influence of devices used in diabetes management, ascertain the impact of Facebook peer-support groups on parental perceptions of problems and probe parental self-efficacy. 318 parents of children with type 1 diabetes completed an online questionnaire on demographics, diabetes-related data, and diabetes care-related psychological characteristics. Data analysis revealed three variables that determined competence in diabetes management: the utility of information and suggestions offered in the Facebook groups on diabetes; the form of insulin administration and membership in Facebook groups. Our results underpin that peer-support groups on social media platforms can serve as sources of the necessary information, support, and feedback on diabetes management competence for parents of children living with type 1 diabetes, they may thus facilitate parental diabetes management capabilities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48997,"journal":{"name":"Primary Care Diabetes","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751991823001626/pdfft?md5=50debe5e6e597bbf640f722fbd3f11f2&pid=1-s2.0-S1751991823001626-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41172305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}