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Article: Cognitive behavioral intervention helps adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
- Article from:
- Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- June 16, 2003
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2003 JUN 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A cognitive behavioral intervention helped adolescents adhere to the treatment regimen for type 1 diabetes.
"This study examined the impact of a cognitive behavioral intervention for nonadherent adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Six youths having problems following the diabetes regimen received training in cognitive restructuring and problem solving during individual sessions. A multiple baseline design across participants was used," scientists in the United States report.
"Treatment effectiveness was assessed through 24-hour recall adherence interviews with adolescents and frequency of testing data was ...