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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