Family therapy for adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes: initial test of clinical significance.
J Pediatr Psychol
; 34(10): 1097-107, 2009.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We examined a structured family therapy approach in promoting clinically meaningful improvements in parent-adolescent conflict in adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes.METHOD:
Eighteen adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes and their parent(s) participated in 10 sessions of home-based Behavioral Family Systems Therapy (BFST). Outcome comparisons were made using a sample of adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes (n = 40) from a previous study. Clinically significant improvements were determined by calculating SD differences between treatment and comparison groups on measures of diabetes-related and general parent-adolescent conflict.RESULTS:
Home-based BFST produced change in diabetes-related family conflict ranging from 1/3 to 1/2 SD and general family conflict ranging from 1/3 to 3/4 SD.CONCLUSIONS:
BFST produced change in family conflict, a variable shown through previous research to relate to treatment adherence in adolescents with diabetes. The test of clinical significance represents an example of a method useful for pediatric research.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia Comportamental
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Cooperação do Paciente
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
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Conflito Familiar
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Terapia Familiar
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Pediatr Psychol
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos