Diabetes Therapy
Group visits and computer-assisted consultations improve health-related QOL in diabetic youth
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, December 19th, 2005
Scientists in Norway conducted a study "to examine the effects of group visits and computer-assisted consultations on quality of life and glycemic control in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes."
M. Graue and colleagues working with Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen explained, "A total of 116 adolescents, aged 11-17 years, and their parents were randomly assigned to an intervention (n=62) or a control group (n=54). The intervention group was invited to a 15-month program comprising group visits and...
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