Reasons and Countermeasures for Different Compliances of Insulin Pump Therapy in Children with Type 1 Diabetes / 实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze rate of and reasons for not undertaking insulin pump therapy in children with type 1 diabetes(T1DM) and explore potential countermeasures.Methods Two hundred and seventy-eight persons of T1DM,diagnosed in Tianjin Children′s Hospital from Jan.2000 to Dec.2008,were assigned to fill in a questionnaire on T1DM and insulin pump therapy.Reasons for different compliances were analyzed and strategies were explored.Results Eighty-five point twenty-five percent of the children(237 persons) undertook the therapy and 14.75%(41 persons) refused.In the group of younger than 3 years,58.33%(21 persons)accepted the therapy,while in the group of older than 3 years,89.26%(216 persons) undertook it,consequently there was statistically significant difference(?2=23.83,P