Transición en diabetes tipo 1: evaluación y tratamiento psicosocial. Caso clínico / Transition in type 1 diabetes: psychosocial evaluation and treatment. case report

ABSTRACT

Healthcare transition from a pediatric clinic to an adult clinic can represent a challenge for the health teams who work with chronic pathologies. This case describes a 15,3 years old adolescent with type 1 diabetes, attended by a pediatrician since the beginning of his diagnosis at 8 years old. The psychological evaluation was performed with tests the person in the rain, the Lüscher colors and the Millon personality inventory before and after one year of psychosocial treatment. It was achieved improvement in his psychosocial functioning (empathy, self-affirmation, emotional regulation, relationships) and his metabolic control, enabling recommend his transfer to adult diabetologist.