Table 1.
Participant blog characteristics.
| Blog name | Caregiver role | Family characteristics | Age of children when diagnosed with T1D (gender) | Age of children at time of blog posts | Blog posts during study period | Associated comments |
| Candy Hearts [29] | Mother | Two-parent family | 2 years (female) | 9-11 years | 43 | 164 |
| Bleeding Finger Blog [30] | Father | Two-parent family | 3 years (female) | 6-8 years | 47 | 117 |
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3.5 years (female) | 4-6 years |
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| Our Diabetic Life [31] | Mother | Single-parent family | 8 months (male) | 14-16 years | 50 | 382 |
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2.5 years (male) | 8-10 years |
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5.5 years (male) | 10-12 years |
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| Totals |
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140 | 663 |