TY - JOUR
T1 - Piloting home-based behavioral family systems therapy for adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes
AU - Harris, Michael A.
AU - Mertlich, Deborah
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was support by a pilot and feasibility study (Grant #98–0677) awarded to Michael A. Harris and funded by the Diabetes Research and Training Center of Washington University School of Medicine. Additional support was provided by the General Clinical Research Center of the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This study employed a within-subjects design in which 18 adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes received 10 1 1/2-hr sessions of home-based Behavioral Family Systems Therapy (BFST). Adolescents and their parents completed a variety of psychosocial questionnaires at baseline and immediately following their last session of BFST. Metabolic control was assessed at each evaluation using a hemoglobin A 1 c assay. The initial posttreatment follow-up evaluation indicated that participants participating in 10 sessions of home-based BFST evidenced pre- to posttreatment decreases in general family conflict, diabetes-related family conflict, and behavior problems. In addition, pre- to posttreatment improvements were observed for treatment adherence of adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes. No significant differences were observed between pre- and posttreatment HbA I c values.
AB - This study employed a within-subjects design in which 18 adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes received 10 1 1/2-hr sessions of home-based Behavioral Family Systems Therapy (BFST). Adolescents and their parents completed a variety of psychosocial questionnaires at baseline and immediately following their last session of BFST. Metabolic control was assessed at each evaluation using a hemoglobin A 1 c assay. The initial posttreatment follow-up evaluation indicated that participants participating in 10 sessions of home-based BFST evidenced pre- to posttreatment decreases in general family conflict, diabetes-related family conflict, and behavior problems. In addition, pre- to posttreatment improvements were observed for treatment adherence of adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes. No significant differences were observed between pre- and posttreatment HbA I c values.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15326888CHC3201_5
DO - 10.1207/S15326888CHC3201_5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037412374
SN - 0273-9615
VL - 32
SP - 65
EP - 79
JO - Children's Health Care
JF - Children's Health Care
IS - 1
ER -