INS and type 1 diabetes mellitus: In other words, promoting the caregivers’ ability to supervise and monitor the performance of adolescents with T1DM could promote adolescents’ management behaviors and enhance their accuracy in regimen adherence, including blood glucose testing, insulin therapy, meal plans and physical activities.  Our findings show that adolescents aged 10 to 14 years still required the supervision of the family for effective management of blood glucose levels.