ArticleClinical medicine insights. Endocrinology and diabetes2020
Quality of Life in Children With Diabetes Treated With Insulin Pump Compared With Multiple Daily Injections in Tertiary Care Center.
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- Technology for the Management of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Saudi Arabia and MENA Region: A Systematic Review.Current diabetes reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Wearable Technology on Metabolic Control and the Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisBalkan medical journal · 2024Pooled it
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- The Impact of Insulin Pump Therapy on Glycemic Regulation in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus-Preliminary Data from a Single Tertiary Pediatric Center.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- An "out of the box" approach for prevention of ketoacidosis in youth with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes: combined use of insulin pump and long-acting insulin.Acta diabetologica · 2024Observational
- MDI versus CSII in Chinese adults with type 1 diabetes in a real-world situation: based on propensity score matching method.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2024Article
- The Impact of Expanding Diabetes Services on the Trend of Glycemic Control in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes.Pediatric diabetes · 2024Article
- Contact Dermatitis to Diabetes Medical Devices.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Quality of Life Among Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Alahsa: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2023Article
- Insulin Pump Therapy Efficacy and Key Factors Influencing Adherence in Pediatric Population-A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Review
- Quality of Life of Elementary School Students with Type 1 Diabetes in a Developing Country during the COVID Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the quality of life of Type 1 diabetes patients using insulin pumps and of those receiving multiple daily insulin injections.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2022Article
- Pediatric Smart Insulin Pen Use: The Next Best Thing.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2022Article
- Technologies for Type 1 Diabetes and Contact Dermatitis: Therapeutic Tools and Clinical Outcomes in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Observational
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- Quality of Life Among School-Age Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundContinuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) and Multiple Daily Injections (MDI) have been widely used as options in treating diabetes in childhood. Glycemic control is important to reduce diabetes complications; however, more focus needs to be on patients' Quality of Life (QoL). Diabetes and QoL have strong associations in terms of patients' overall health including their psychology, physical well-being, compliance with medication. A previous systematic review stressed that strong evidence to deny or prove the benefits of insulin pump therapy on health-related quality of life is deficient. The aim of this study is to assess the health-related quality of life and the psychological impacts of children with diabetes who use CSII and MDI treatment.
methodsA cross-sectional study included 68 pediatric patients with type 1 Diabetes (T1DM) who were treated in a tertiary center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. We used the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 3.0 Diabetes Module and this module assesses the health-related quality of life of children with diabetes.
resultsThirty-four (50%) participants found to be on MDI, of which 21 (61.8%) are males, compared to 34 (50%) patients using CSII, of which 12 (35.2%) are females. Participants using CSII had statistically significant better symptom control, less treatment difficulties but were more worrisome than MDI participants.
conclusionCSII group had better quality of life in almost all aspects even though they were more worrisome. Further studies with a larger sample size are needed to give comprehensive generalizations.
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