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ArticleTranslational pediatrics2020

Home-based health management needs of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in China: an information platform-based qualitative study.

Qunfeng Lu, Youwei Li, Ziyi Cai, Sha Cui, Yan Shi

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Article in Translational pediatrics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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  3. Understanding Nutritional Knowledge and Experiences in Families With a Child Newly Diagnosed With Type 1 Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2023
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Qunfeng LuTongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Youwei LiCardiothoracic Surgery Department, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
Ziyi CaiEndocrinology Department, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
Sha CuiEndocrinology Department, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
Yan ShiDepartment of Nursing, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Endocrinology Research Center · RUShanghai Children's Hospital · CNShanghai Tenth People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundType 1 diabetes (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease with aberrant immune responses to specific β-cell autoantigens, resulting in insulin deficiency. The problems encountered by caregivers and patients in home-based management of it were analyzed based on data collected from the T1DM Doctor-Patient Communication WeChat platform at a single children's hospital in Shanghai, China.

methodsA qualitative study using conventional content analysis was conducted. We collected data from WeChat to conduct this phenomenological research. The questions and comments from parents (or primary caregivers) on home-based health management were analyzed to identify common themes and content.

resultsTotal 10,938 original messages sent by 104 parents of pediatric T1MD patients were collected. Five themes were emerged in this study: insulin use, nutritional management, exercise management, medication management, and caregiver burden management.

conclusionsFamily members are the main providers of home-based disease and health management for pediatric T1DM patients in China. These caregivers need to handle a diverse variety of problems related to health management, including adjustment of insulin use in case of abnormal blood glucose level, poor nutritional control and management, control of exercise amount and time, drug selection, combined use of different drugs, and the burden on their own psychological well-being. Professional health guidance to address these problems is needed to strengthen home-based disease and health management of T1DM in China.

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health managementhome-basedliterature methodplatformqualitative researchType 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM)

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