Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes Technology Use: The Child and Family Perspective

Jaclyn Lennon Papadakis; Lindsay M Anderson; Kimberly Garza; Marissa A Feldman; Jenna B Shapiro; Meredyth Evans; Laurie Gayes Thompson; Jill Weissberg-Benchell

doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2019.10.004

Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes Technology Use: The Child and Family Perspective

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2020 Mar;49(1):127-141. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2019.10.004. Epub 2019 Nov 29.

Authors

Jaclyn Lennon Papadakis¹, Lindsay M Anderson², Kimberly Garza³, Marissa A Feldman⁴, Jenna B Shapiro², Meredyth Evans⁵, Laurie Gayes Thompson⁵, Jill Weissberg-Benchell⁵

Affiliations

¹ Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 10, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: jpapadakis@luriechildrens.org.
² Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 10, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
³ Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1007 West Harrison Street, M/C 027, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
⁴ Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, 880 6th Street South, #170, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
⁵ Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 East Chicago Avenue, Box 10, Chicago, IL 60611, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 446 East Ontario Street, #7-200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

PMID: 31980113
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2019.10.004

Abstract

This article offers a systematic review of the literature on psychosocial aspects of technology use in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their families, searching for relevant articles published the past 5 years. Topics included continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion, continuous glucose monitoring, predictive low-glucose suspend, and artificial pancreas systems. The review indicates there are positive and negative psychosocial aspects to diabetes technology use among youth and their families. Although consistent findings were revealed, contradictions exist. Discussed are recommendations for future research and implications for how health care providers can collaborate with families to discuss and manage diabetes technology.

Keywords: Pediatric; Psychosocial; Technology; Type 1 diabetes.

Publication types

Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / instrumentation
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / psychology
Child
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / drug therapy
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / psychology*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / therapy*
Equipment and Supplies*
Family / psychology
Glycemic Control / instrumentation
Glycemic Control / psychology
Humans
Insulin Infusion Systems / psychology
Inventions
Pancreas, Artificial / psychology
Parent-Child Relations
Perception*