Education Committee. Transition of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus from pediatric teams to adult teams
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https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v58i1Sup.760Keywords:
diabetes mellitus, adolescents, transition, educationAbstract
The transition period is defined as an active and multidisciplinary process that covers different medical, psychosocial and educational needs of the adolescent population with the aim of preventing complications and promoting adherence to treatment.
The primary objective is to train adolescents with diabetes to acquire autonomy and independence that allows adequate control of the disease. These skills are not achieved in most people before the ages of 16 to 18.
Therapeutic education programs for people with type 1 diabetes in the adolescent stage have the objectives of facilitating the transition process and achieving their autonomy and empowerment. Adolescence is a biological and social stage where many changes occur, to which is added the transition from the Pediatric to the Adult health care team.
This is considered a time of great challenges in diabetes care, so it must be planned and requires preparation from the patient and their family.
This recommendations are aimed at providing tools that help health teams specialized in diabetes to carry out transition education programs that reduce treatment abandonment and associated complications in adolescent patients with dbt1 during the transition from pediatric teams to healthcare teams. To do this, a bibliographic search of publications on the topic from the last 5 years was carried out. The most relevant ones were selected.
Various publications suggest that the transition from pediatric to adult care should be a planned and organized process rather than a sudden and unforeseen transfer. This includes carrying out education programs that accompany this stage of vulnerability.
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