ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) may differ from their healthy peers with respect to risky behavior.Purpose: To explore the frequency of risky behaviors of T1D adolescents in comparison with healthy peers and associated factors.Patients and methods: The study population included 174 adolescents, of whom 58 T1D adolescents (mean±SD age 16.3±2.0 years, disease duration 6.7±3.5 years and HbA...

Background: Coping skills are very important for the management of developmental changes among young people, and especially so, for adolescents with chronic diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1DM).Objective and hypotheses: To study the various coping behaviours in a sample of children and adolescents with T1DM and to evaluate their association with metabolic control and duration of disease.Method: The study population consisted of ...

Introduction: Adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) may differ from their healthy peers in respect to sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) knowledge and contraceptive use.Objectives: We aimed to explore sexual knowledge and contraceptive use and associated factors in T1D adolescents compared to healthy peers.Methods: Fifty-eight T1D adolescents (mean±SD age 16.3±2.0...