The aim of the study is to research psychosocial and socioeconomic factors among families that might affect glycemic control in children and adolescent with type 1 diabetes mellitus. These factors might be: living conditions, structure of the family, socioeconomic status, divorces and parent's own glycemic control status (if parent's type 1 diabetes mellitus is present in the family).
This study is going to clarify if there are some socioeconomical or psychosocial factors that might influence child's type 1 diabetes mellitus glycemic control. Study population consists of 300-350 diabetic children aged 1-16 years who have diabetic controls at Tampere University Hospital and their families. Required information is going to be collected with 2 questionnaires, wich families are kindly asked to fill in.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
191
Tampere University Hospital
Tampere, Finland
Children's type 1 diabetes glycemic control
Socioeconomic and psychosocial factors affecting in type 1 diabetes glycemic status in children
Time frame: Through study completion, an average 5 years
Parents' divorce rate
Frequency of parent's divorces in a family with a child with type 1 diabetes
Time frame: Through study completion, an average 5 years
Parent's type 1 diabetes glycemic status
Possible parent's own type 1 diabetes glycemic status correlation with a child's type 1 diabetes glycemic control
Time frame: Through study completion, an average 5 years
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