The Relationship Between Children's Attitude, Family Support and Glycemic Control in Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus of School Children in Alexandria City

Abstract

Introduction: the diagnosis of a chronic condition of any child places this family at risk, the physical health and emotional well-being of all members of the family are disturbed so, a family physician scope of service is to cope with chronic disease in children biopsychosocially.

Objectives: (1) To determine attitude of type -1diabetic children. (2) To study the effect of family support on glycemic control. (3) To study the effect of family support on compliance of diabetic children. (4) To study relationship between children's attitude, patient compliance and glycemic control.

Methods: this study is a descriptive (cross-sectional) study which was carried out on diabetic students who were attending out patient clinic sporting health insurance hospital of students in Alexandria. The representative sample (100) was selected by simple randomization from type -1 diabetic students. The out come of study was achieved by a modified questionnaire which was applied during the period of April 2008 up to April 2009.

Results: the results illustrated that there was a significant relationship between childern's atttitude, family support, diabetic control and adherence of diabetic children at diabetic clinic of sporting student hospital.

Conclusion: this study showed that there were different attitudes of diabetic children towards the disease. We conclude that the improvement of the quality of family support which introduced to diabetic children and the quality of diabetic care by the physician and the family leading to good metabolic control and lowering of HbA1c.