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Effectiveness of groups for adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus and their parents. Fam Syst Health 2013 Sep;31(3):280-93

Date

08/21/2013

Pubmed ID

23957874

Pubmed Central ID

PMC3979844

DOI

10.1037/a0033039

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84884678411 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   35 Citations

Abstract

Peer- and family-based group therapies have been used as separate interventions to improve adjustment and self-management among youth with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. This study replicates a treatment protocol that combined these two types of diabetes management groups, while also using a wait-list control design methodology within an outpatient mental health clinic setting. General psychosocial and diabetes-related variables were assessed at baseline, immediately posttreatment, and 4 months posttreatment. Youths' medical information, including metabolic control values, was extracted from medical charts for the 6 months prior to baseline and 6 months after treatment ended. At 4 months posttreatment, parents and youth reported increased parent responsibility, and parents reported improved youth diabetes-specific quality of life. Although there were no statistically significant changes in hemoglobin A1c values and health care utilization frequency from 6 months prior to and 6 months posttreatment, other psychosocial changes (i.e., increases in parent responsibility and diabetes-specific quality of life) were documented. Therefore, this treatment was found to be a promising intervention for use in an outpatient clinical setting to aid in improving the psychosocial functioning of youth with Type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Author List

Kichler JC, Kaugars AS, Marik P, Nabors L, Alemzadeh R

Authors

Astrida Kaugars PhD Associate Professor of Psychology in the Psychology department at Marquette University
Patricia K. Marik PsyD, MA Assistant Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Humans
Medical Records
Midwestern United States
Peer Group
Self Care
Social Support
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