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ey0015.10-17 | Psychology and quality of life | ESPEYB15

10.17 Strengths, risk factors, and resilient outcomes in adolescents with T1DM: results from diabetes MILES Youth-Australia

ME Hilliard , V Hagger , C Hendrieckx , BJ Anderson , S Trawley , MM Jack , F Pouwer , T Skinner , J Speight

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care. 2017;40:849-855Coping strategies for people with chronic diseases include working on risk factors as well as using and employing resilience factors in daily coping strategies. Both strengthes and difficulties may be experienced by people with T1DM. In this study, strengths were strongly related to key resilient outcomes, even in the presence of well-documente...

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10.10. ‘I’m essentially his pancreas’: Parent perceptions of diabetes burden and opportunities to reduce burden in the care of children <8 years old with type 1 diabetes

PV Commissariat , KR Harrington , AL Whitehouse , KM Miller , ME Hilliard , M Van Name , DJ DeSalvo , WV Tamborlane , BJ Anderson , LA DiMeglio , LM Laffel

To read the full abstract: Pediatr Diabetes. 2020 Mar;21(2):377–383. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12956. PMID: 31808586Across all age groups, management of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) places substantial workload, responsibility and emotional burden, such as worries and stress, on families. This study explored parent perceptions of the burdens of caring for very young children with T1DM. Semi-structured qu...