Journal article

Strengths, risk factors, and resilient outcomes in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: Results from diabetes MILES Youth-Australia

ME Hilliard, V Hagger, C Hendrieckx, BJ Anderson, S Trawley, MM Jack, F Pouwer, T Skinner, J Speight

Diabetes Care | AMER DIABETES ASSOC | Published : 2017

Abstract

Objective: Despite the challenges of living with type 1 diabetes, many adolescents achieve "resilient outcomes": high engagement in self-management behaviors such as selfmonitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), good quality of life (QOL), and within-target glycemic outcomes (HbA1c). Adaptive diabetes-related behaviors (i.e., "strengths") are associated with resilient outcomes, yet the combination of risks and strengths in relation to resilient outcomes is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate relations among diabetes strengths and resilient outcomes in the context of psychological and family risk factors. Research Design and Methods A total of 471 Australian adolescents with type 1 di..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Grants

Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases


Funding Acknowledgements

The Diabetes MILES Youth Study 2014 is an activity of, and was funded by, the NDSS Young People with Diabetes National Development Program. The NDSS is an initiative of the Australian Government administered with the assistance of Diabetes Australia. M.E.H. and B.J.A. were supported by funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 1K12-DK-097696 (principle investigator: B.J.A.). C.H. and J.S. are supported by the core funding to The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes derived from the partnership between Diabetes Victoria and Deakin University.