title: Psychosocial Impact of the Bionic Pancreas During Summer Camp.
abstract: The psychosocial impact of the bionic pancreas (BP) was assessed among children attending diabetes camp.
  
  
  
  Nineteen children were randomly assigned for 5 days to the BP condition and 5 days to the control condition in a crossover design.
  
  
  
  Significant reductions in hypoglycemic fear and regimen burden were found. Children felt less burdened or worried about diabetes and felt freer to do things they enjoyed while using the BP. Children wished the BP responded to out of range numbers faster and expressed annoyance about carrying around the necessary equipment.
  
  
  
  Children may experience improved psychosocial outcomes following use of BP while expressing key areas of user concern. Future studies in less controlled environments with larger sample sizes can determine if these findings are generalizable to other groups.
authors.affiliation: Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA jwbenchell@luriechildrens.org.
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weissberg-Benchell
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hessler
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Diabetes Institute, Del Mar, CA, USA.
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Polonsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019397:Pancreas, Artificial / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: artificial pancreas; automated insulin delivery; bionic pancreas; diabetes camp; psychosocial