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“It’s All about Calculations—But There Are No Definite Results”—Parental Adaptation and Coping during the First Month following Their Child’s Diabetes Diagnosis

Diabetes-related habits established during the first few years after diagnosis are difficult to change. Therefore, the initial period after a child has been diagnosed with diabetes holds a unique potential for early interventions to adjust adverse patterns of diabetes self-management before they bec...

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Autores principales: Jespersen, Louise Norman, Mikkelsen, Kristine Zoega, Grabowski, Dan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673648
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020280
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description Diabetes-related habits established during the first few years after diagnosis are difficult to change. Therefore, the initial period after a child has been diagnosed with diabetes holds a unique potential for early interventions to adjust adverse patterns of diabetes self-management before they become firmly established. Family functioning is strongly related to glycemic levels, and attending to parents’ needs at the time of diagnosis could therefore reduce psychological distress and improve glycemic levels in their children. This study aims to investigate parental adaptation to and coping with their child’s diabetes diagnosis during the first month post-diagnosis. Twenty interviews with parents of children (0–18 years) with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes were conducted and analyzed using systematic text condensation. Four themes were identified: (1) Removal of the safety net, when families experience that they are now on their own; (2) Hit by the realities, when parents realize the impact of living with diabetes; (3) Hang in there, when families mobilize resources to get them through a tough period; and (4) Toward a new normal, when parents begin to reestablish their life with diabetes in mind. This study generated unique insights into early parental adaptation and coping after their child was diagnosed with diabetes.
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spelling pubmed-98593912023-01-21 “It’s All about Calculations—But There Are No Definite Results”—Parental Adaptation and Coping during the First Month following Their Child’s Diabetes Diagnosis Jespersen, Louise Norman Mikkelsen, Kristine Zoega Grabowski, Dan Healthcare (Basel) Article Diabetes-related habits established during the first few years after diagnosis are difficult to change. Therefore, the initial period after a child has been diagnosed with diabetes holds a unique potential for early interventions to adjust adverse patterns of diabetes self-management before they become firmly established. Family functioning is strongly related to glycemic levels, and attending to parents’ needs at the time of diagnosis could therefore reduce psychological distress and improve glycemic levels in their children. This study aims to investigate parental adaptation to and coping with their child’s diabetes diagnosis during the first month post-diagnosis. Twenty interviews with parents of children (0–18 years) with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes were conducted and analyzed using systematic text condensation. Four themes were identified: (1) Removal of the safety net, when families experience that they are now on their own; (2) Hit by the realities, when parents realize the impact of living with diabetes; (3) Hang in there, when families mobilize resources to get them through a tough period; and (4) Toward a new normal, when parents begin to reestablish their life with diabetes in mind. This study generated unique insights into early parental adaptation and coping after their child was diagnosed with diabetes. MDPI 2023-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9859391/ /pubmed/36673648 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020280 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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