Research Article
How Adolescents with Diabetes Experience Social Support from Friends: Two Qualitative Studies
Table 2
Background characteristics of adolescents with diabetes in study 2.
| | Background data | Girls | Boys |
| | Age mean (SD) | 14.3 (1.2) | 15.4 (1.3) | | Ethnicity: native Dutch, nonmigrant | 6 (100%) | 5 (100%) |
| | Educational level | | | | Secondary school (vocational level) | 2 (33%) | — | | Secondary school (precollege level) | 4 (67%) | 3 (60%) | | Postsecondary education (vocational) | — | 1 (20%) | | Not reported | — | 1 (20%) |
| | Parental educational level | | | | Secondary school | 1 (17%) | 2 (40%) | | Postsecondary education (vocational) | 1 (17%) | 1 (20%) | | College/university | 4 (67%) | 1 (20%) | | Not reported | — | 1 (20%) |
| | Time since diagnosis | | | | 1–5 years | 2 (33%) | 2 (40%) | | 5–10 years | 2 (33%) | 2 (40%) | | >10 years | 2 (33%) | 1 (20%) |
| | Insulin administration | | | | Pump | 1 (17%) | 2 (40%) | | Injection | 5 (83%) | 3 (60%) |
| | Last HbA1c level | | | | <7.5 | 2 (33%) | 3 (60%) | | 7.5–9.0 | 3 (50%) | 1 (20%) | | >9.0 | — | 1 (20%) | | Not reported | 1 (17%) | — |
| | Social support attitude | | | | Type A (low friend involvement) | 2 (33%) | 3 (60%) | | Type B | 4 (67%) | 2 (40%) |
| | Friendship duration | | | | 1-2 years | 1 (17%) | — | | 2–5 years | 2 (33%) | 2 (40%) | | 5–10 years | 2 (33%) | 1 (20%) | | >10 years | 1 (17%) | 2 (40%) |
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