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The Development and Validation of a Turkish Insulin Treatment Self-management Scale Child Form (Ages 8-18) and Parent

Çağrı Çövener Özçelik1, Eda Aktaş2, Nesrin Şen Celasin3

  • 1Marmara University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Pediatric Nursing, İstanbul, Turkey

Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology
|March 26, 2019
PubMed

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A new scale helps measure insulin treatment self-management in children with type 1 diabetes. This valid and reliable tool assesses cognitive, behavioral, and emotional aspects for better nursing care.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Diabetes Self-Management Research
  • Psychometric Scale Development

Background:

  • Type 1 diabetes requires significant self-management, particularly insulin treatment.
  • Effective assessment tools are crucial for understanding and supporting pediatric patients.
  • Existing measures may not fully capture the multifaceted nature of insulin self-management in children.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an Insulin Treatment Self-management Scale for children (ages 8-18) with type 1 diabetes.
  • To create both a Child Form and a Parent Form of the scale.
  • To provide a psychometrically sound instrument for assessing insulin self-management.

Main Methods:

  • A methodologically designed scale was developed and administered.
  • 331 children with type 1 diabetes and their parents participated.
  • Data were collected via self-completed tools by both children and parents.

Main Results:

  • The final scale comprises two subscales: self-efficacy (cognitive/behavioral) and emotional impacts.
  • The developed scale demonstrated validity and reliability.
  • The scale is suitable for both child and parent perspectives.

Conclusions:

  • The Insulin Treatment Self-management Scale is a valid and reliable measure for children with type 1 diabetes.
  • The scale can be utilized to assess insulin treatment self-management in this population.
  • This tool can inform effective nursing care strategies for pediatric diabetes management.
Abstract

Keywords:
self-managementscale developmenttype 1 diabetesInsulin treatment

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