Factors influencing the diabetes-specific health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Lukács, Andrea and Varga, Beatrix and Kiss-Tóth, Emőke and Soós, Andrea and Barkai, László (2014) Factors influencing the diabetes-specific health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH CARE, 18 (3). pp. 253-260. ISSN 1367-4935

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the association of the anthropometric, clinical variables and maximal oxygen uptake (V O 2max ) with diabetes - specific health - related quality of life (HRQoL) in youths with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and to find the predictors of HRQoL and blood glucose control. A total of 239 youths with diabetes (124 boys and 115 girls) were recruited from diabetes - based summer camps. HRQoL assessment was carried out with the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory ™ 3.0 Diabetes Module (Information Resources Centre, Mapi Research Trust, France); V O 2max was evaluated by conducting the 20 - m shuttle run test. Higher V O 2max and the insulin pump therapy were significant predictors of the HRQoL in the multiple regression an alysis; other clinical and anthropometric variables had no effect. The b etter blood g lucose control was explained only by the higher V O 2max . The good cardiorespiratory fitness (expressed by V O 2max ) has clinical and QoL benefits for paediatric patients with T1DM

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