Family and friend support for adolescents with diabetes

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Autor(a) principal: Greca,Annette M. La
Data de Publicação: 1998
Outros Autores: Thompson,Kristen M.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0870-82311998000100010
Resumo: The present paper describes two studies of social support provided by family members and friends for adolescents' diabetes care. Using a structured interview, 74 middle-income and 62 socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents with diabetes described the ways that family members and friends provided support for several aspects of diabetes care (insulin shots, blood glucose monitoring, eating proper meals, exercise, and «feeling good about their diabetes»). In both samples, family members provided more support than did friends for diabetes care, especially for daily management tasks; friends provided considerable emotional support for diabetes. Few differences in support levels were observed as a function of the adolescents' socioeconomic status. However, more of the low-income adolescents had friends who did not provide any support for their diabetes care. Implications of the findings are discussed with respect to encouraging parents to remain involved in adolescents' treatment, and involving peers as supportive companions for the lifestyle aspects of adolescents' diabetes care.
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title Family and friend support for adolescents with diabetes
spellingShingle Family and friend support for adolescents with diabetes
Greca,Annette M. La
Adolescents
family support
peer support
diabetes care
adherence
friends
title_short Family and friend support for adolescents with diabetes
title_full Family and friend support for adolescents with diabetes
title_fullStr Family and friend support for adolescents with diabetes
title_full_unstemmed Family and friend support for adolescents with diabetes
title_sort Family and friend support for adolescents with diabetes
author Greca,Annette M. La
author_facet Greca,Annette M. La
Thompson,Kristen M.
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author2 Thompson,Kristen M.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Greca,Annette M. La
Thompson,Kristen M.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Adolescents
family support
peer support
diabetes care
adherence
friends
topic Adolescents
family support
peer support
diabetes care
adherence
friends
description The present paper describes two studies of social support provided by family members and friends for adolescents' diabetes care. Using a structured interview, 74 middle-income and 62 socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents with diabetes described the ways that family members and friends provided support for several aspects of diabetes care (insulin shots, blood glucose monitoring, eating proper meals, exercise, and «feeling good about their diabetes»). In both samples, family members provided more support than did friends for diabetes care, especially for daily management tasks; friends provided considerable emotional support for diabetes. Few differences in support levels were observed as a function of the adolescents' socioeconomic status. However, more of the low-income adolescents had friends who did not provide any support for their diabetes care. Implications of the findings are discussed with respect to encouraging parents to remain involved in adolescents' treatment, and involving peers as supportive companions for the lifestyle aspects of adolescents' diabetes care.
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