Investigators: Keely Bebbington, Leanne Fried, Amy Finlay-Jones
This project is designed as the first stage in developing an intervention to improve outcomes for teenagers and young adults as they transition to adult care. The project will seek to understand how the process of transition is aligned with best practice and how young adults with T1D and parents have experienced the transition.
For more information please contact Keely Bebbington keely.bebbington@telethonkids.org.au
Plain language summary: For emerging adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) the transition from paediatric to adult health care services presents a unique set of challenges. Transition occurs at a stage of immense physiological, emotional and social development. In addition to these significant challenges, the transition from paediatric to adult healthcare services requires the patient to assume greater autonomy for their diabetes management and to form new relationships with the clinical team, often in unfamiliar surroundings. As a result, many emerging adults disengage with healthcare services during this vulnerable stage, increasing their risk for poor physiological and psychological outcomes. This project will lay the foundation for the development of an intervention to improve outcomes for emerging adults as they transition to adult care.
Funder: Children’s Diabetes Centre Seeding Grant