Theofilou, P.; Vlastos, D.D. The Psychological Burden of Families with Diabetic Children: A Literature Review Focusing on Quality of Life and Stress. Children2023, 10, 937.
Theofilou, P.; Vlastos, D.D. The Psychological Burden of Families with Diabetic Children: A Literature Review Focusing on Quality of Life and Stress. Children 2023, 10, 937.
Theofilou, P.; Vlastos, D.D. The Psychological Burden of Families with Diabetic Children: A Literature Review Focusing on Quality of Life and Stress. Children2023, 10, 937.
Theofilou, P.; Vlastos, D.D. The Psychological Burden of Families with Diabetic Children: A Literature Review Focusing on Quality of Life and Stress. Children 2023, 10, 937.
Abstract
Chronic diseases such as childhood DM are a complex and continuous struggle as well as a great challenge both for the children who face the disease and for their parents. Type 1 DM is characterized by the complex management of the therapeutic treatment thus causing physical and psychological complications in family members. There are many families who, upon hearing the diagnosis of their child with DM, stand still in front of these new facts as their lives change. All these unprecedented conditions cause parents intense stress, discomfort and mental burden as the only thing that concerns them now is how the family will survive in the face of the current conditions they are experiencing as well as the future of the sick child. The purpose of this brief literature review is to present the research findings which are related to the quality of life among parents of children and adolescents with diabetes.
Keywords
Diabetes; parents; children; adolescents; quality of life; stress; family burden
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
Copyright:
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