ESPE Abstracts

Background: CHRYSTAL (Costs and Health Related qualitY of life Study for Type 1 diAbetes mellitus pediatric patients in Spain) is an observational study conducted in 2014 on a representative sample of 275 patients aged 1-17 years with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) in Spain.Objective and hypotheses: One of the objectives of the study was to describe the adherence to diabetes care using the Self Care Inventory (SCI), and to compare results by HbA1c level...

Background: Costs and health related quality of life study for type 1 diabetes mellitus (CHRYSTAL) pediatric patients in Spain is an observational study conducted in 2014 on a representative sample of 275 patients aged 1–17 years with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Spain. The study collects diabetes specific health related quality of life (HRQoL) using the Diabetes Module of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL). This scale has been identified to be one of ...