Characterization of adolescents with diabetes-related emotional distress

Volume 20 No 13 (2022)

Dr. Byron Fabricio Saa Sabando, Dr. Valeria Monserrath Zúñiga Sánchez, Dr. Alberto Sánchez Garrido

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.13.NQ88270

Abstract

Introduction: Despite significant medical advances in treating type 1 diabetes (T1D) in young people, it exposes them to complications such as disease-related distress. Objective: To characterize the DRD trajectories of adolescents by starting point and rate of change over time. Methods: The sample included 264 adolescents with TD1 who participated in the study. The study was conducted in primary care. Results: Participants had a mean age of 15.7 ± 1.1 years at the start of the study. 70.1 % administered insulin using an infusion pump instead of injections. Conclusions: In this study, we identified clinically significant subgroups of adolescents with type 1 DM.

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