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Fear of Hypoglycemia in Children and Adolescents and Their Parents with Type 1 Diabetes

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Hypoglycemia is a frequent occurrence in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. A variety of efforts have been made to standardize the definition of hypoglycemia and to define one of its most significant psychosocial consequences—fear of hypoglycemia (FOH). In addition to documenting the experience of FOH in children and adolescents type 1 diabetes and their parents, studies have investigated the relations between FOH and glycemic control and diabetes technology use. This review provides a summary of the recent FOH literature as it applies to pediatric type 1 diabetes.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1775 Aurora Ct, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    Kimberly A. Driscoll & Jennifer Raymond

  2. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Child Development, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, 401 Quarry Rd, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Diana Naranjo

  3. Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 4004, Kansas, KS, 66160, USA

    Susana R. Patton

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Driscoll, K.A., Raymond, J., Naranjo, D. et al. Fear of Hypoglycemia in Children and Adolescents and Their Parents with Type 1 Diabetes. Curr Diab Rep 16, 77 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-016-0762-2

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