Research Article
How Adolescents with Diabetes Experience Social Support from Friends: Two Qualitative Studies
Table 1
Background characteristics of adolescents with diabetes in study 1.
| Background data | Girls | Boys |
| Age mean (SD) | 13.1 (1.0) | 13.7 (1.7) | Ethnicity: native Dutch, nonmigrant | 16 (100%) | 12 (100%) |
| Educational level | | | Secondary school (vocational level) | 5 (31%) | 1 (8%) | Secondary school (precollege level) | 10 (63%) | 5 (42%) | Postsecondary education (vocational) | — | 1 (8%) | Not reported | 1 (6%) | 5 (42%) |
| Parental educational level | | | Secondary school | 7 (44%) | 3 (25%) | Postsecondary education (vocational) | 3 (19%) | 2 (17%) | College/university | 5 (31%) | 2 (17%) | Not reported | 1 (6%) | 5 (42%) |
| Time since diagnosis | | | <1 year | 3 (19%) | 2 (17%) | 1–5 years | 8 (50%) | 3 (25%) | >5 years | 5 (31%) | 6 (50%) | Not reported | 1 (6%) | 1 (8%) |
| Insulin administration | | | Pump | 7 (44%) | 3 (25%) | Injection | 8 (50%) | 8 (67%) | Not reported | 1 (6%) | 1 (8%) |
| Last HbA1c level | | | <7.5 (optimal) | 9 (56%) | 4 (33%) | 7.5–9.0 (suboptimal) | 6 (38%) | 1 (8%) | >9.0 (high risk) | — | 2 (17%) | Not reported | 1 (6%) | 5 (42%) |
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