Mothers' Experience Supporting Life Adjustment in Children With T1DM/Commentary by Dashiff

Mothers' Experience Supporting Life Adjustment in Children With T1DM/Commentary by Dashiff

The purpose of this study was to use a phenomenological approach to explore the essential structure of mothers' life experience when helping their first- to third-grade children with Type I diabetes mellitus (TIDM) make life adjustments at school. Twelve mothers whose children had been diagnose...

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Veröffentlicht in:Western journal of nursing research 2008-02, Vol.30 (1), p.96
Hauptverfasser: Lin, Hsin-Pin, Mu, Pei-Fan, Lee, Yann-Jinn, Dashiff, Carol
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Children & youth
Diabetes
Nursing
Philosophy
Social support
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Zusammenfassung:The purpose of this study was to use a phenomenological approach to explore the essential structure of mothers' life experience when helping their first- to third-grade children with Type I diabetes mellitus (TIDM) make life adjustments at school. Twelve mothers whose children had been diagnosed with TIDM participated in this study at a teaching hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. Study results revealed six themes and identified the presence of various dynamic relationships between T1DM symptoms, the children's development, and collaborative self-care.
ISSN:0193-9459
1552-8456