Abstract
The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in childhood and adolescents is increasing worldwide and diagnosis of type 1 diabetes represents an important stressful condition for families and adolescents. The maintenance of normal glycemic results requires adherence to self-care behaviors in order to prevent disease compli‐ cations. However, diabetes self-care requires extensive and daily behavioral demands from adolescents that may interfere with their quality of life. Parents have an important influence on T1DM’ management, in adolescents. Family functioning is an important determinant of metabolic control and adolescents’ quality of life. During adolescence, parents must transfer the responsibility for diabetes care to the adolescent and supervise diabetes management. Parental style and family conflict are related to glycemic control and quality of life in adolescents. The main goal of this chapter was to analyze the relationship between metabolic control, quality of life and family functioning in T1DM adolescents.
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