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Parent Distress In Life With A Child With Type 1 Diabetes, Lauren Nicole Johnson
Parent Distress In Life With A Child With Type 1 Diabetes, Lauren Nicole Johnson
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Objective:
The purpose of this study was to highlight parent distress in diabetes, identify factors associated with distress and to show how public health and clinical professionals can assist parents in coping with their child's diabetes and living positively as a family unit.
Methods:
Parents of youth with diabetes (N = 41 qualitative, N = 332 quantitative) were engaged in focus groups, interviews, and survey research to understand their needs and stressors in life with a child with diabetes. Themes were examined in the qualitative data, and correlations and a regression model were run and analyzed from the quantitative data …