Assessing Parental Competence and Self-Ratings in Management of Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes and Emergency Glucagon Administration-An Exploratory Observational Study

• Main Authors: Simone Eisenhofer (Author), Martina P. Neininger (Author), Astrid Bertsche (Author), Wieland Kiess (Author), Thilo Bertsche (Author), Thomas M. Kapellen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Parents of pediatric patients with type I diabetes require competence in hypoglycemia management and skills in glucagon administration to deal with potentially life-threatening severe hypoglycemia. We aimed to compare parents' subjective self-ratings to an objective expert assessmen...