INS and type 1 diabetes mellitus: To identify the shared misconceptions about T1DM in Mexico to be addressed in the intervention, the results obtained by Calderon in 2019 [8] were analysed and, with the assistance of a paediatric endocrinologist, were clustered into five categories described in Table 1: (1) general fallacies about T1DM, (2) insulin, (3) diet, (4) exercise and (5) self-monitoring.