Monthly video consultation for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus during the COVID-19 pandemic

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AIMS: To explore the impact of primarily telemedical care for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes by monthly video consultations on metabolic control and parents' treatment satisfaction and disease-specific burden during the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS: In this 12-month multicenter observational follow-up VIDIKI 2.0 study, 100 participants (3-18 years) received monthly video consultations, which partially replaced quarterly outpatient clinic appointments during the pandemic. The children's metabolic parameters as well as the parents' treatment satisfaction and diabetes specific burden were assessed at study entry and 12 months later.

RESULTS: During the study, 912 video consultations took place (mean 0.84 ± 0.23 / patient/month). The children's HbA1c remained stable, while mean sensor glucose level and glucose management indicator decreased. Simultaneously, parents' treatment satisfaction significantly increased, and their diabetes-specific burden and distress decreased.

CONCLUSIONS: Primarily telemedical care of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic via monthly video consultations resulted in a significant improvement in parents' treatment satisfaction and their diabetes-specific burden and distress. It was associated with a slight improvement in mean sensor glucose and glucose management indicator, while HbA1c remained stable. Thus, video consultations offer great potential to enhance standard care for children and adolescents with diabetes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:193

Enthalten in:

Diabetes research and clinical practice - 193(2022) vom: 01. Nov., Seite 110135

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

von Sengbusch, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Schneidewind, Julia [VerfasserIn]
Bokelmann, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Scheffler, Nadine [VerfasserIn]
Bertram, Bettina [VerfasserIn]
Frielitz, Fabian-Simon [VerfasserIn]
Hiort, Olaf [VerfasserIn]
Lange, Karin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19 pandemic
Children
Glucose
Glycated Hemoglobin A
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Telemedicine
Type 1 diabetes
Video consultation

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Date Completed 25.11.2022

Date Revised 17.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.diabres.2022.110135

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34888284X