Family conflict, adherence, and glycaemic control in youth with short duration Type 1 diabetes

Abstract

These findings indicate that in this cohort, early in the course of diabetes, diabetes-specific conflict and adherence to BGM became strongly linked to the child's glycaemic control. This suggests that to insure optimal control, it may be beneficial to introduce targeted interventions to build positive family involvement and interaction around diabetes tasks early in the disease course, before negative behaviours become established.