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Good
Metabolic Control Is Associated With Better Quality of Life
Worldwide
research shows that the A1c test and Quality of Life are related
Children
with diabetes who have a better quality of life also maintain
better control of their blood-glucose levels, according to
worldwide statistics. Twenty-one research centers across 15
European countries, Canada and Japan participated in the study,
which was published in the November 2001 issue of Diabetes
Care.
From
March to August 1998, researchers studied 2,010 adolescents with
diabetes born between 1980 and 1987 (aged 10 to 18). The
subjects’ A1C levels were measured, and they filled out
questionnaires measuring the impact of diabetes on their lives,
their worries about diabetes, their satisfaction with life and
their perception of their health. Parents and healthcare providers
filled out questionnaires that assessed the burden that children
with diabetes put on the family.
The
children’s mean A1C was 8.7%. Those with lower A1C 1evels said
diabetes had a smaller impact on their lives, and they reported
fewer worries, greater satisfaction and better health perception.
Girls had more worries less satisfaction and worse health
perception at an earlier age then boys. The perception of burden
reported by parents and health care providers lessened as the
children’s age increased.
Lower
A1Cs are “significantly” associated with better quality of
life for children with diabetes, the researchers write.
Diabetes Care 24:1923-1928, 2001
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Did
You Know?
Only
17.5% Percentage of people who are dieting by eating fewer
calories are increasing physical activity
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