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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Though age at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes did not affect a patient?s knowledge of the disease, patient autonomy was associated with higher understanding among children diagnosed before and after age 9 years, according to data from Seattle Children?s Hospital.
Erin Alving, MSN, ARNP, CDE, pediatric nurse practitioner and CDE in the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Seattle Children?s Hospital, and colleagues issued surveys to children aged 10 to 13 years with type 1 diabetes (n=40) and their parents during clinical visits to determine whether age at diagnosis affects a child?s knowledge of diabetes, including pathophysiology, self-efficacy, self-care and self-autonomy. They also examined the relationship between knowledge and autonomy and HbA1c levels.
http://www.healio.com/endocrinology...antly-linked-in-children-with-type-1-diabetes
Erin Alving, MSN, ARNP, CDE, pediatric nurse practitioner and CDE in the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Seattle Children?s Hospital, and colleagues issued surveys to children aged 10 to 13 years with type 1 diabetes (n=40) and their parents during clinical visits to determine whether age at diagnosis affects a child?s knowledge of diabetes, including pathophysiology, self-efficacy, self-care and self-autonomy. They also examined the relationship between knowledge and autonomy and HbA1c levels.
http://www.healio.com/endocrinology...antly-linked-in-children-with-type-1-diabetes