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Published in final edited form as: Diabet Med. 2021 Apr 21;38(8):e14567. doi: 10.1111/dme.14567

TABLE 6.

Theme: Future plans to use CGM

Subtheme	Example quotes
CGM as a necessity	‘I can’t imagine trying to manage Type 1 [diabetes] without a CGM’ (FG4, father, son aged 11) ‘I don’t know how parents could deal with [Type 1 diabetes] before [CGM]’ (FG2, father, daughter aged 18) ‘It’s definitely not something that we’re gonna quit on. I can’t go back now. It’s just been, honestly, a lifesaver, a game-changer as far as dealing with this illness with your child’ (FG2, mother, daughter aged 12)
Definitely will continue to use (if insurance covers it)	‘The idea of the CGM is definitely a forever’ (FG5, mother, son aged 14) ‘[My child will] have to use it the whole time she’s in college, and I think she will continue to use it after because it’s just so much more helpful for her too. We all agree it’s been life-changing for us. As long as we can keep the insurance and everything covered, she’ll keep using it, I’m assuming, forever’ (FG3, father, daughter aged 19)

Subtheme

Example quotes

CGM as a necessity

‘I can’t imagine trying to manage Type 1 [diabetes] without a CGM’

(FG4, father, son aged 11)

‘I don’t know how parents could deal with [Type 1 diabetes] before [CGM]’

(FG2, father, daughter aged 18)

‘It’s definitely not something that we’re gonna quit on. I can’t go back now. It’s just been, honestly, a lifesaver, a game-changer as far as dealing with this illness with your child’

(FG2, mother, daughter aged 12)

Definitely will continue to use (if insurance covers it)

‘The idea of the CGM is definitely a forever’

(FG5, mother, son aged 14)

‘[My child will] have to use it the whole time she’s in college, and I think she will continue to use it after because it’s just so much more helpful for her too. We all agree it’s been life-changing for us. As long as we can keep the insurance and everything covered, she’ll keep using it, I’m assuming, forever’

(FG3, father, daughter aged 19)

Abbreviation: CGM, continuous glucose monitoring.