Pediatric Diabetes Technology Management: An Italian Exploratory Study on Its Representations by Psychologists and Diabetologists
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling and Recruitment
- What is your role within the multidisciplinary team in the field of pediatric diabetology?
- What emotions do you experience when using technological devices in the therapy of pediatric patients? How do you interact with their families?
- What factors influence your recommendation for or against the use of technological devices such as CSII?
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Factors
3.2. Cluster
3.2.1. Diabetologists
3.2.2. Psychologists
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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n (%) | |
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Gender | |
Male | 1 (9.1%) |
Female | 10 (90.9%) |
Age Group | |
35–45 | 3 (27.3%) |
46–55 | 7 (63.6%) |
56–65 | 1 (9.1%) |
Education Level | |
Specialization | 9 (81.8%) |
PhD/Master | 2 (18,2%) |
Type of Profession | |
Diabetologists | 5 (45.4%) |
Psychologists | 6 (54.6%) |
Area of Origin | |
North of Italy | 9 (81.8%) |
Centre of Italy | 2 (12.2%) |
South of Italy | 0 (0.0) |
Years of service | |
0–10 | 4 (36.4%) |
11–20 | 5 (45.4%) |
21–30 | 1 (9.1%) |
31–40 | 1 (9.1%) |
Factor 1 Taking Charge | Factor 2 Healthcare | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | CA% | Relationship | CA% | Management | CA% | Care | CA% |
Nurse Dietitian Surgery Psychologist Department Activity Association | −6.45 −5.61 −5.05 −3.33 −2.8 −1.68 −1.4 | Technology Adolescents I think Choosing Put Pump Parent | 9.37 6.55 4.54 4.54 4.03 4.03 2.92 | Work Occupying Pediatrician Maintain Team Relation diabetes | −12.69 −6.82 −6.82 −5.45 −4.87 −3.65 −3.53 | Nurse Dietitian Surgery Patients Ward | 3.63 3.15 2.84 1.82 1.58 |
Factor 1 Psychologist’s Work | Factor 2 Levels of Intervention | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Process | CA% | The Network | CA% | Processing the Pathology | CA% | Acceptance | CA% |
Accept Put Diversity Present Happen Sense Impotence Immediately | −5.89 −5.58 −4.13 −2.95 −2.75 −2.62 −2.36 −1.77 | School Colleague Glycemia Mum Team Hospital Work Territory | 4.34 4.34 2.31 1.96 1.72 1.7 1.67 1.58 | Onset Lived Augment Person Anger Think Patient New | −3.13 −2.34 −2.19 −2.19 −2.19 −2.06 −1.91 −1.87 | Put Accept Diversity Small Present Pump Impotence Creed | 7.26 5.95 4.16 2.97 2.97 2.46 2.38 1.91 |
Cl | %UC | Factor 1 Taking Charge | Factor 2 Healthcare |
---|---|---|---|
1 Response to the need | 38% | Team (−0.7) | Care (0.4) |
2 Pathological reality | 24% | Team (−0.1) | Management (−1.1) |
3 Family meets Tecnhology | 38% | Relationship (0.8) | Care (0.2) |
Cluster | Label | Keyword |
---|---|---|
1 | Response to the need | Nurse Dietitian Surgery Psychologist Department Activity Need Association |
2 | Pathological reality | Work Diabetes Reality Pediatrics Team Occupying Pediatrician |
3 | Family meets Technology | Technology Adolescents Family Parent I think Choosing Onset Pump |
Cl | %UC | Factor 1 Psychologist’s Work | Factor 2 Levels of Intervention |
---|---|---|---|
1 Networking | 44.79 | The network (0.6) | Acceptance (0.2) |
2 Working with the patient | 17.18 | The process (−1.1) | Acceptance (0.9) |
3 Working with the family system | 38.04 | The process (−0.3) | Psychological processing of the pathology (−0.6) |
Cluster | Label | Keyword |
---|---|---|
1 | Networking | Colleague School Territory Blood sugar Hospital Mom Team |
2 | Working with the patient | Put Accept Pump Diversity See Small Present |
3 | Working with the family system | Debut Think about Parent Household Patient Lived Life |
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Tupputi, A.; Giardinieri, L.; Monaco, S.; Di Trani, M. Pediatric Diabetes Technology Management: An Italian Exploratory Study on Its Representations by Psychologists and Diabetologists. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2023, 13, 919-931. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13050070
Tupputi A, Giardinieri L, Monaco S, Di Trani M. Pediatric Diabetes Technology Management: An Italian Exploratory Study on Its Representations by Psychologists and Diabetologists. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2023; 13(5):919-931. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13050070
Chicago/Turabian StyleTupputi, Annamaria, Lucia Giardinieri, Silvia Monaco, and Michela Di Trani. 2023. "Pediatric Diabetes Technology Management: An Italian Exploratory Study on Its Representations by Psychologists and Diabetologists" European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 13, no. 5: 919-931. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13050070