Diabetes Technology Use in Remote Pediatric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Using Clinic-to-Clinic Telemedicine.
Diabetes Technol Ther
; 24(1): 67-74, 2022 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1411425
ABSTRACT
Background:
Clinic-to-clinic telemedicine can increase visit frequency in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) living far from a diabetes specialty clinic, but the impact on adoption of diabetes technology is unclear. Materials andMethods:
Pediatric patients with T1D in Colorado and surrounding states who received diabetes care using clinic-to-clinic telemedicine were enrolled. Medical records and surveys were reviewed to ascertain technology use, and data were compared to patients from the main clinic population.Results:
Patients (N = 128, baseline mean age 12.4 ± 4.2 years, median T1D duration 3.3 years [IQR 1.4-7.7], mean A1c 8.9% ± 1.8%, 60% male, 75% non-Hispanic white, 77% private insurance) who utilized telemedicine were included. Technology use among telemedicine patients was not associated with gender, T1D duration, insurance, distance from the main clinic or rural designation but was associated with ethnicity and A1c. Compared to the main clinic cohort (N = 3636), continuous glucose monitor (CGM) use and pump/CGM combination use was lower among patients participating in clinic-to-clinic telemedicine (CGM 29.7% vs. 56.0%, P < 0.001; CGM/pump combination 27.3% vs. 40.3%, P = 0.004). Technology use was associated with lower A1c regardless of cohort.Conclusions:
Compared to patients attending in-person clinic, pediatric T1D patients who use clinic-to-clinic telemedicine due to their distance from the main clinic, have lower CGM and combination CGM/pump use. For both telemedicine and main clinic patients, CGM and CGM/pump combination was associated with lower A1c. Additional research is needed to explore reasons for this discrepancy and find methods to improve CGM use in this population.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Telemedicine
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Diabetes Technol Ther
Journal subject:
Endocrinology
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Therapeutics
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
DIA.2021.0229
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