title: Students' experiences of managing type 1 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the experiences of young people managing their type 1 diabetes at college or university.
  
  
  METHODS
  A convenience sample of 23 students, aged 17-19 years, with type 1 diabetes participated in semi-structured telephone interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thematic data analysis identified four main themes: balancing diabetes and further education; adverse diabetes management strategies at college or university; reduced quality of life with regard to participation in social events; and problematic transition from paediatric to adult diabetes clinics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Young people often face difficulties in their diabetes self-management at college or university because of psychosocial issues, and may experience barriers when changing from paediatric to adult diabetes clinics.
authors.affiliation: INPUT.
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004989:Ethics; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*