TABLE 4.

Theme: Benefits of CGM experienced soon after Type 1 diabetes diagnosis

Subtheme	Example quote
Decreased stress	‘[CGM has] helped just as parents [to] keep us connected with what’s going on in our kid’s body. It’s helped relieve some stress in general’ ‘It’s life-changing less stress. To me, this is the main benefit of it: not having to worry about it … I don’t know how parents could deal with [Type 1 diabetes] before …. If you’re worried about anything, being able to look at the data right there and see, oh, okay, it’s fine, or if it isn’t, you’ll know if you need to do something. The fact that it’s alerting you and it’s also that it’s non-invasive’ ‘My big worry with [my child] was the lows. [Having CGM] helped. That was huge with the worry about the lows, having that monitor’
Seeing the numbers on CGM enhances understanding of Type 1 diabetes and improves diabetes management	‘I was really excited to see how [my child’s] sugars were constantly … [CGM] gave me a bigger picture … I really wanted to look at it all the time ‘cause I wanted to see how he was reacting to certain foods and when his insulin would kick in when I gave it and things like that. I think it really helped with everything’ ‘I like the arrows. I like when they tell you if it’s one or two, because if it’s just one, I don’t react to that. But when it’s two, then I’ll be like, “Hey, you know, did you realize?”’
Fewer finger sticks	‘[Youth with Type 1 diabetes] are already feeling strange enough having diabetes among their friends, but having to bust out stuff and do finger sticks all the time, it’s just not needed in today’s world’ ‘My expectation was that it would let me not prick her all the time. That was the very first expectation, which was true’
Increased independence and ability to be away from child but still monitoring diabetes	‘If we didn’t have the CGM, I think [my husband] would change his whole professional life because he couldn’t travel without knowing what’s going on. He can go to [another country], and he can monitor her numbers all the time. He couldn’t do what he’s doing without knowing that everything’s okay with her, his girl, all the time. It changed our life, I can tell you, because it wouldn’t be possible for him’ ‘We are in our offices and we can still check [our child’s] blood sugars. If it’s going low or if it’s going high, I just call his school and let them know, or if he can call me …. It’s a blessing to be diagnosed at the right time and have the right technology to take care of it’
Sleep benefit for parents	‘As soon as my daughter got the CGM on her, I could finally sleep throughout the night’ ‘Not having to wake up at night to test her, which was a real drag for her and for us …. We were like, “Thank goodness we won’t have to do that anymore”’

Abbreviation: CGM, continuous glucose monitoring.