ObjectiveTo describe the status of
depressive symptom among
children and
adolescents with
type 1 diabetes mellitus(T1DM) and explore the related factors.MethodsThis was a multi-plot
cross-sectional survey.136 cases in Hunan province were investigated by
questionnaires.The
questionnaires included General Information
Questionnaire,
Depression Self-Rating of
Children( DSRS),
Quality of Life Scale for
Children and
Adolescents.ResultsThe DSRS score of all subjects was (9.51 ± 5.19),24 cases suffered from
depressive symptom (17.6%).The multi-factor non-condition
logistic regression analysis showed that age(OR =2.831 ),current
education status (OR =9.822 ),
parents' current
marital status (OR =0.061 ),yearly
household income (OR =0.415 ),
hospitalization in the past 6 months (OR =8.797 ),peer relationship (OR =0.133 ),
parent-child relationship(OR =0.182 ),FBS(OR =0.061 ) and sample source(OR =8.366 ) were factors which independently predicted
depressive symptom in
children and
adolescents with T1DM.ConclusionThe influential factors of
depressive symptom among
children and
adolescents with T1DM include age,current
education status,
parents' current
marital status,yearly
household income,
hospitalization in the past 6 months,peer relationship and
parent-child relationship,FBS and sample source.