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- Title
The influence of an educational program on the HbA<sub>1c</sub>-level of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective study.
- Authors
Verbeek, Sabine; Vos, Rimke C.; Mul, Dick; Houdijk, Mieke E. C. A. M.
- Abstract
The article presents a study assessing the impact of a psycho-educational program held at a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands in January to April 2006 and 2007 on the HbA1c-levels of 25 adolescent patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). It reports a greater than 0.5% reduction of the HbA1c-levels in 15 of the study's participants 9 months after the start of program. It concludes that the empowerment approach of the hospital's educational program serves to promote adherence to diabetes management tasks in T1DM patients.
- Subjects
HAGUE (Netherlands); NETHERLANDS; SCHOOL psychology; HOSPITALS; DIABETES in adolescence; NON-school educational programs
- Publication
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2011, Vol 24, Issue 1/2, p15
- ISSN
0334-018X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/JPEM.2011.104