Diabetes Care, Vol 18, Issue 1 77-82, Copyright © 1995 by American Diabetes Association

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Adolescent diabetes management and mismanagement

J Weissberg-Benchell, AM Glasgow, WD Tynan, P Wirtz, J Turek and J Ward
Children's National Medical Center, Department of Endocrinology, Washington, DC 20010.

OBJECTIVE--To document the existence and prevalence of adolescent-generated diabetes management techniques. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS--One hundred forty-four adolescents completed the confidential questionnaire developed for this study. Glycohemoglobin was also obtained for each individual. RESULTS--Within the 10 days before their clinic visit, many adolescents admitted to engaging in various mismanagement behaviors, with 25% admitting to missing shots. Parents tend to underestimate adolescent mismanagement. Missing shots was significantly related to poor control (P < 0.01). Older adolescents engaged in more mismanagement than their younger cohorts (P < 0.001). The questionnaire factored into two subscales: blatant mismanagement and faking. CONCLUSIONS--This study shows the importance of recognizing the prevalence of mismanagement among adolescents.
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