Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Improves Well-Being, Alleviates Worry and Fear of Hypoglycemia
| Autor: | Sze May Ng, Dona Pintus, Astha Soni, Helen S Moore, Marisa F Clemente |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Blood Glucose
Male Parents Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases Adolescent Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism media_common.quotation_subject Hypoglycemia Anxiety Endocrinology Diabetes mellitus medicine Humans Child media_common Type 1 diabetes Continuous glucose monitoring business.industry Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring nutritional and metabolic diseases Fear medicine.disease Medical Laboratory Technology Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Well-being Female medicine.symptom Worry business Pediatric population |
| Zdroj: | Diabetes technologytherapeutics. 21(3) |
| ISSN: | 1557-8593 |
| Popis: | There is limited published evidence regarding the psychological effect of use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in the pediatric population with type 1 diabetes mellitus on metabolic control, fear of hypoglycemia, and patient or carer well-being. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of CGM on patient and carer well-being, worry, fear of hypoglycemia, and glycemic control.Children aged12 years independently completed the hypoglycemia fear survey (HFS). Parents and carers of children using CGM for a minimum of 12 months were asked to complete a modified version of the hypoglycemia fear survey for parents of young children (HFS-P) before and after CGM usage.Sixteen patients (8 boys) were included with median age of 13.5 years (2-17 years) and use of CGM for a minimum of 12 months. There was no significant improvement in the glycated hemoglobin after 12 months of CGM usage. Parents of all 16 patients completed the HFS-P survey. Of 12 young people eligible (age12 years), 11 returned the HFS survey. Significant improvement was seen in both parental and patient fear of hypoglycemia after CGM (P 0.001 and P = 0.003, respectively).The use of CGM did not show any significant improvement in glycemic control after 12 months; however, parental and children's fear of hypoglycemia and worry were significantly reduced after the use of CGM. Larger studies on the psychological effects of CGM are warranted. |
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