Why do young adults with Type 1 diabetes find it difficult to manage diabetes in the workplace? Myles Balfe Ruairi Brugha Diarmuid Smith Seamus Sreenan Frank Doyle RonĂ¡n Conroy 10779/rcsi.10772921.v1 https://repository.rcsi.com/articles/journal_contribution/Why_do_young_adults_with_Type_1_diabetes_find_it_difficult_to_manage_diabetes_in_the_workplace_/10772921 <p>This article explores how and why workplace environments impact diabetes management for adults people with Type 1 diabetes, 23-30 years of age. Interviews were conducted with 35 young adults, 29 women and 6 men. The majority of these interviewees worked in sectors such as banking, technology and administration. Young adults found it difficult to manage diabetes in the workplace for two main reasons: work-related time pressures and the non-routine nature of interviewees' work and working environment. Young adults also found it difficult to get the time to exercise both inside and outside of work. Young adults with Type 1 diabetes need to be provided with the tools and technologies that they need to manage diabetes in modern flexible workplaces.</p> 2019-11-22 15:39:19 Young Adult Emerging Adult Work Diabetes Exercise Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified