Table 7.

The primary goals of education for care of IAb⁺ individuals and their families

1. To prevent DKA and promote safe monitoring practices and reduce the occurrence of symptoms of diabetes.
2. To minimize the requirement for emergency care, hospital admission and need for intensive care at diagnosis of T1D.
3. To improve appropriate risk perception at each monitoring milestone.
4. To understand specific outcomes, e.g., prevention of DKA, initiation of insulin therapy.
5. To understand available interventions.
6. To explore and understand the benefits of individual participation in research studies.
7. To provide education that supports psychosocial interventions to optimize general health and mental health for affected individuals and their families.

T1D, type 1 diabetes.