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Meeting the psychosocial needs of children with diabetes within routine clinical practice

S Channon1, H Hambly, M Robling

  • 1Child Clinical Psychology Department, St David's Hospital, Cardiff, UK. sue@channons.me.uk

Diabetic Medicine : a Journal of the British Diabetic Association
|September 29, 2010
PubMed

Insights

Paediatric diabetes teams face challenges in psychosocial care, including communication and integrating diabetes into daily life. Practitioners use education, advice, and listening to encourage behaviour change in young patients.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Psychosocial Health
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Paediatric diabetes care teams lack guidance on addressing patients' psychosocial needs.
  • Routine care presents challenges in engaging diverse age groups and integrating diabetes management into family life.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify challenges faced by practitioners in paediatric diabetes care.
  • To explore practitioners' strategies for encouraging behaviour change.
  • To inform the development of a psychosocial intervention training package for the DEPICTED Study.

Main Methods:

  • A qualitative survey was conducted.
  • Semi-structured telephone interviews were completed with 44 doctors and 7 paediatric diabetes specialist nurses.

Main Results:

  • Key challenges included patient engagement, communication, age-specific needs, and integrating diabetes into daily life.
  • Practitioners' approaches to behaviour change involved education, advice, and active listening.

Conclusions:

  • Communication with heterogeneous paediatric diabetes patient groups is complex.
  • Practitioners employ varied strategies for behaviour change within routine care.
  • Findings inform psychosocial support and training for paediatric diabetes teams.
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