Benefits and Barriers of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Young Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has potential to address challenges of type 1 diabetes (T1D) management for young children. CGM use is increasing, yet remains underutilized. Characterizing parents' experiences with CGM can inform clinical strategies to help parents make decisions about diab...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diabetes technology & therapeutics 2019-09, Vol.21 (9), p.493-498
Hauptverfasser: Hilliard, Marisa E, Levy, Wendy, Anderson, Barbara J, Whitehouse, Amanda L, Commissariat, Persis V, Harrington, Kara R, Laffel, Lori M, Miller, Kellee M, Van Name, Michelle, Tamborlane, William V, DeSalvo, Daniel J, DiMeglio, Linda A
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Zusammenfassung:Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has potential to address challenges of type 1 diabetes (T1D) management for young children. CGM use is increasing, yet remains underutilized. Characterizing parents' experiences with CGM can inform clinical strategies to help parents make decisions about diabetes management, overcome obstacles to initiating and sustaining CGM use, and maximize benefits of CGM use in their children's diabetes care. Transcripts from semistructured qualitative interviews with 55 parents of children aged 1 to
ISSN:1520-9156
1557-8593
DOI:10.1089/dia.2019.0142