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Quality of life of Children with Hypoglycemia in Type 1 diabetes: A systematic review

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Dr. Poorva Parshuram Manjrekar, Prof. B. Uvarani, Prof. Dr. Madhuri S Shelke
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si4.1709

Abstract

Management of chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus (DM) is difficult. People living with chronic diseases face challenges related to knowledge deficiencies, inability to sustain lifestyle modifications, and scarce access to specialists for timely advice. Although rates of SH in children and adolescents have decreased significantly in the past two decades, due to improvements in insulin administration and monitoring technologies. The review aims to to summarize and critically appraise the evidence regarding the association between hypoglycemia and QoL (and related outcomes) in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. The PubMed , CINAHL and EBSCO database were searched for studies. The articles were searched by following inclusion and exclusion criteria. The articles published in English are considered. The journals which are peer reviewed are considered and included to manage the trustworthiness of the evidence. The aricles published in the last 10 Years were considered. Out of 270 articles total 8 articles finalised. The findings showed that No hypoglycemia-specific measures of QoL were identified. Evidence for an association between SH and (domains) of generic and diabetes-specific QoL was too limited to draw conclusions, due to heterogenous definitions and operationalizations of hypoglycemia and outcomes across studies. SH was associated with greater worry about hypoglycemia, but was not clearly associated with diabetes distress, depression, anxiety, disordered eating or posttraumatic stress disorder. Although limited, some evidence suggests that more recent, more frequent, or more severe episodes of hypoglycemia may be associated with adverse outcomes and that the context in which hypoglycemia takes places might be important in relation to its impact.

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