Objective To identify the factors that facilitate or hinder the construction of autonomy in adolescence through the experience of young adults with type-1 diabetes and their parents. Methods This was a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study. Two focus group interviews were conducted: one with nine young adults who were experts in managing their illness and the other with seven parents. Thematic and cat...
Enquadramento: A implementação de programas focados nas competências de autogestão em adolescentes com diabetes tipo 1 revelam ser um importante contributo no desenvolvimento de autonomia e tomada de decisão face à gestão da diabetes. Os campos de férias são contextos apropriados para a intervenção de enfermagem na área da promoção da saúde, adesão e gestão do regime terapêutico dos adolescentes. No entanto, um...
Background Summer camps promote contexts for self-management for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Aim To characterize adolescents who attended summer camp and study the evolution of knowledge about the disease, self-efficacy, and health-related quality of life. Method Knowledge (Flora & Gameiro, 2016), self-efficacy (Pereira & Almeida, 2004), health-related quality of life (Carona et al., 2015), and glycated h...