Perspect Nurs Sci.  2017 Apr;14(1):21-31. 10.16952/pns.2017.14.1.21.

The Relationships among Resilience, Family Support, and Diabetes Adaptation in Children with Diabetes Mellitus

• Kim Y
• Bang KS

• KMID: 2377964
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.16952/pns.2017.14.1.21

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to identify the disease adaptation and related factors for the pediatric patients with diabetes mellitus.
METHODS
Participants in this study were 75 diabetic children or adolescent whose age were 10 to 18 years old visited the out-patient clinic in one general hospital located in Seoul. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires. Research tools measuring resilience, family support, psychological adaptation, Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) protein were used.
RESULTS
Resilience showed significant differences according to the age, gender, academic achievement, and hospitalization experience of the children. Family support was significantly different according to the age, religion, academic achievement, fathers' education level, and hospitalization experience of the children. Psychological adaptation to diabetes showed significant differences according to academic achievement. HbA1c was shown to be significant difference according to fathers' education level and hospitalization experience of the children. Positive correlations were identified among resilience, family support, and psychosocial adaptation, while negative correlations were found between HbA1c and all others including resilience, family support, and psychosocial adaptation.
CONCLUSION
This study suggests that the educational programs as nursing intervention needs to be developed to enhance the resilience and family support for the pediatric diabetic patients.

Keyword

Diabetes mellitus; Children; Resilience; Family support; Adaptation

MeSH Terms

Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Child*
Diabetes Mellitus*
Education
Hospitalization
Hospitals, General
Humans
Nursing
Outpatients
Seoul

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