Few Australian adolescents with type 1 diabetes have confidential visits with doctors

Dr-Rony-Duncan

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Not many adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Australia have confidential visits with their doctors as guidelines recommend, new research suggests.While guidelines emphasize the benefits of seeing young people alone for confidential consultations, parental involvement is known to contribute to better diabetes control in young people with T1DM, and parents may feel conflicted about allowing their children to have more independence in the health setting, the authors write online February 10 in Journal of Adolescent Health.

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