Prevalence of Diabetes among Young and Adolescent Population in Australasian Region

ABSTRACT

Most of the results are restricted to single center reports with regard to the T1D. [...]there is the need for the wide scale assessment of the current models of prevention and treatment whether they are delivering the desired results for the reduction of the societal and the individual burden of type 1 diabetes. [...]a research was designed for the extraction of the clinical data from the Australasian region diabetes data network prospective diabetes registries and the inclusion criteria were the individuals with the t1D in the age group of 16 to 25 years at their last recorded healthcare visit with t1D duration of the one year. The study concluded that there was widespread and persistent sub-optimal glycemic control in the young people with t1d in the Australasian region and highlighted the imminent need for the better comprehension of the situation and devise ways and strategies for the healthcare services to support the improvement in the glycemic control in this group of the population4.