title: A conceptual framework for studying child adaptation to Type 1 diabetes.
abstract: Understanding the challenges of managing a chronic illness, nurses provide a key component of care to patients and families who struggle daily with the demands of self-management and the balance of daily life challenges. Even though nurses empathize with the issues of chronic illness management, the complexity of managing such clients has not been articulated in a theoretical or research base. Hence, the nursing process related to facilitating adaptation to childhood chronic illness remains in a formative stage. My article presents a conceptual framework that can guide the study of children and families coping with children with Type 1 diabetes. The framework also may prove useful for other chronic illnesses.
authors.affiliation: DePaul University Department of Nursing, Chicago, IL 60614, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Amer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009736:Nursing Process; D015399:Nursing Research; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D002666:Psychology, Child; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology