D iabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood, with a prevalence of 1.7 affected individuals per 1,000 people aged 20 years (1–4). In the U.S., 13,000 new cases are diagnosed annually in children (4–7). There are about 125,000 individuals 19 years of age with diabetes in the U.S. (8). Themajority of these young people attend school and/or some type of day care and need knowl...

OBJECTIVE To determine the epidemiology of type 1 diabetes in children in Philadelphia from 1990 to 1994, and to identify whether an epidemic occurred during that time period. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This is a descriptive epidemiological study using a retrospective population-based registry in Philadelphia, PA, a city with large white, African-American, and Hispanic (Puerto Rican) populat...

The diet of pre-school children is determined by the parents and carers. The aim of the present study was to describe dietary clusters of pre-school children and their mothers in Finland, and analyse the similarity of dietary clusters within child-mother pairs. The present study comprised the mothers (n 4862) whose child was recruited in the Type 1 Diabetes Prediction and Prevention Nutrition S...

BACKGROUND Nurses have a crucial role in patient education of children with type 1 diabetes, but they often exhibit lack of knowledge of the patient education process. This study aimed to describe an educational program to enhance empowering patient education process for the blood glucose monitoring education of school-age children and nurses' perceptions of using empowering techniques. METHO...

Introduction: Autonomic neuropathy is less well documented in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus and has received less attention than other diabetic complications. Sudden death and cardio-respiratory arrest in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus have b cardiac autonomic dysfunction. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of autonomic neuropathy in a cohort ...

T o ensure the safe and fair treatment of children with diabetes, the Amer-ican Diabetes Association (ADA) publishes guidelines for care of children with diabetes in the school setting (1–4). We surveyed 99 families of youth with type 1 diabetes (mean age 12.2 6 3.2 years; diabetes duration 5.0 6 3.6 years) and 51 school nurses from corresponding schools in Ohio using structured questionnaires ...

Hannonen, Riitta Verbal and Academic Skills in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2011, 49 p. (Jyväskylä Studies in Education, Psychology and Social Research ISSN 0075-4625; 420) ISBN 978-951-39-4455-1 (nid.) ISBN 978-951-39-4456-8 (PDF) Yhteenveto: Tyypin 1 diabetesta sairastavien lasten kielelliset ja oppimiseen liittyvät perustaidot Diss. This thesis aimed at a...