Some psychiatric aspects of children with diabetes in first two years after diagnosis

ABSTRACT

This study was implemented to determine the Psychological Aspects of children with Diabetes within the first two year. After diagnosis, it was a case control study carried out in endocrinology pediateric out patient clinic Zagazig University Hospitals. A sample of 100 patients of type I diabetes with a mean age y 10-6 +/- 2.0 years and their healthy peers children their mean age of 12-7 +/- 1-9 years, the range of both group 6-14 years of age at diagnosis. .Their parents had completed similar years of education family social status scor Based on education's levels and occupation of both parents. Family income was also similar between group.Nearly all of the children [93.72] with diabetes were taking two injections of insulin per day, approximatly divided between regular and NPH insulin glycosylated haemoglobin values were similar across the treatment sites over all time. Comparison of psychological status using repeated measures analysing of variance between children with diabetes and healthy control are done. We found that the children with diabetes scored higher on the CDI [children's depression inventory] than the children without diabetes was statistically highly significant [P = 0.00076] children with diabetes scored higher STAT [Stait - Trait - Anxiety - Inventory] than children without diabetes was statistically significant [P=0.003811]. So we concluded that children with diabetes are depressed and anxious than children without diabetes social status we found some children suffer from parentral loss, other from divorce of mother and some children complain from family disharmony