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Illness perception of adolescents with well-controlled type 1 diabetes
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2017)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases among adolescents. In addition, adherence to the strict diabetes regimen usually deteriorates during adolescence. As adolescents endeavour to make sense ...
Illness perception of adolescents with uncontrolled type 1 diabetes: a thematic analysis
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is one of the most prevalent common chronic conditions in adolescence. The management of T1D hampers successful navigation into adolescence as many diabetes-related tasks impede on it, which ...
Exploring illness perceptions of a group of adolescents living with diabetes while using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is regarded as one of the most rapidly growing chronic diseases globally, with an estimation that 1 in every 400 children diagnosed with diabetes mellitus every day (American Academy of Pediatrics, ...
The role of family and neighbourhood functioning in basic psychological need fulfilment among African adolescents
(North-West University (South Africa), 2014)
Self-determination theory proposes that basic psychological needs are supported by the social environments. Three studies were conducted using structural equation modelling in Mplus to determine the influence of family and ...