Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
A qualitative study on the experiences of mothers of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Includes abstract.
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
2015
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613227768086528 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Smith, Anthony |
| author2 | Schweitzer, Beverley |
| author_browse | Schweitzer, Beverley Smith, Anthony |
| author_facet | Schweitzer, Beverley Smith, Anthony |
| author_sort | Smith, Anthony |
| collection | Thesis |
| description | Includes abstract. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11628 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | eng |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:32:47.627Z |
| license_str | Not specified — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publishDateRange | 2015 |
| publishDateSort | 2015 |
| publisher | Department of Public Health and Family Medicine |
| publisherStr | Department of Public Health and Family Medicine |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11628 A qualitative study on the experiences of mothers of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus Smith, Anthony Schweitzer, Beverley Colvin, Christopher J Family Medicine Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Type 1 diabetes is an important chronic endocrine illness of adolescence. It presents a range of unique and difficult to manage problems by virtue of the developmental challenges that face adolescents. Medical services are often ill equipped to deal with this patient group while the complicated management regimes necessary for glycaemic control has far ranging and potentially adverse psychosocial effects on the adolescent and their family. These challenges are experienced directly by the family, arguably the most important proximate influence in the adolescents’ life. Psychosocial factors are pivotal in not only managing metabolic control but also in determining healthy family function and quality of life. This compels health workers who treat diabetic adolescents to comprehensively understand the families they work with. While there has been much research into the psychosocial aspects of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes, there is far less on the way that families and specifically parents experience this chronic illness in family life. Mothers are usually the most important caregivers within this context, taking the lead in co-ordinating and managing the health care needs of their families. The aim of this study is to gain further understanding of how families, specifically mothers make sense and incorporate their experiences into their broader comprehension of how Type I diabetes has affected themselves and their families. 2015-01-06T18:56:25Z 2015-01-06T18:56:25Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MFamMed http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11628 eng application/pdf Department of Public Health and Family Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Family Medicine Smith, Anthony A qualitative study on the experiences of mothers of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | A qualitative study on the experiences of mothers of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| title_full | A qualitative study on the experiences of mothers of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| title_fullStr | A qualitative study on the experiences of mothers of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| title_full_unstemmed | A qualitative study on the experiences of mothers of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| title_short | A qualitative study on the experiences of mothers of adolescents with Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| title_sort | qualitative study on the experiences of mothers of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| topic | Family Medicine |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11628 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT smithanthony aqualitativestudyontheexperiencesofmothersofadolescentswithtype1diabetesmellitus AT smithanthony qualitativestudyontheexperiencesofmothersofadolescentswithtype1diabetesmellitus |