The relation of alexithymia and attachment with HbA1C and self-care in adolescents with type1 diabetes: A sex-specific analysis
The relation of alexithymia and attachment with HbA1C and self-care in adolescents with type1 diabetes: A sex-specific analysis
Parisa Amiri, Mina Moein-Eslam, Zeinab Shayeghian, Elnaz Hajati, Golshan Amirshekari, Mehrdad Karimi
Research Center for Social Determinants of Health, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- The effect of alexithymia and attachment on self-care in chronic diseases à it seems reasonable that type 1 diabetes can be affected by these two factors
- Fewer studies conducted on alexithymia and attachment in type 1 diabetes management
- Poorer adherence and metabolic control in girls
- Lack of studies (specially gender-specific)
- on alexithymia and attachment with type 1 diabetes management
- Lack of studies on clarifying psychological dimensions of the managing of diabetes type 1 in a Eastern-Mediterranean population
- Investigating the gender-specific relationship between alexithymia and attachment with self-care and blood glucose level in a sample of Tehranian adolescents
Materials and Methods
- Adolescents, aged 12-18 years, with type 1 diabetes
- From diabetes clinics in Tehran and the Iranian Diabetes Society
- Between February 2015 and January 2016
