Abstract
The purpose of this studies is to find a measure to estimate the developmental of self-care behaviors of diabetic children. A questionnaire was constructed, using the theories of transactional-analysis and personality development, to investigate (1) how diabetic children were feeling about insulin injections and (2) how they were feeling toward others when doing injections.
35 couples of diabetic children and their mothers completed the questionnaire independently.
The data were analyzed in terms of the degree of agreement between children and mothers, and the developmental levels of children's attitude toward injections. Also they were compared with clinical observations of nurses in Diabetic Clinic.
The results indicated the usefulness of the questionnaire as a measure to estimate the developmental status of self-care behaviors. More favorable feelings and attitudes toward injections and mothers appeared to exist among children with good clinical evaluation, less favorable and immature feelings and attitudes among those with poor clinical evaluation.
Further studies is expected to revise the questionnaire to get more accurate estimation with higher reliability.
