Qatar University MSc graduate researches T1DM in adolescents

Doha: Qatar University College of Pharmacy (QU-CPH) MSc graduate, Sohayla Ibrahim, recently defended her MSc thesis entitled, “Assessment of Adherence, Barriers, and Strengths to Adherence among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in Qatar: Perspectives of Patients and their Caregivers.” 

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) tend to have very poor glucose control due to many reasons, one of which is the decline in the extent of following physician’s recommendations noted with teenagers.  The MSc project was conducted at Sidra Medicine. It aimed to assess the level of adherence of adolescents with T1DM in Qatar and identify the barriers/facilitators of compliance from the patients’ perspectives and their caregivers. The public defence of the project was recently convened through WebEx with the attendance of many faculty members, an external examiner from the UK, and several graduate students.