Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of young children with type 1 diabetes and their parents
N (%) | M | SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Children | Sex | Boys | 41 (53%) | ||
Girls | 36 (47%) | ||||
Age (years) | (range 2-7) | 5.12 | 1.52 | ||
HbA1c | (range 32 mmol/mol-80 mmol/mol) | 77 | 59.25 | 9.03 | |
(range 5,1% - 9,5%) | 77 | 7.6% | 0.8% | ||
Treatment | Insulin pump | 63 (82%) | |||
Multiple daily insulin injections | 14 (18%) | ||||
Blood glucose monitoring | Times a day (range 2-20) | 6.08 | 2.69 | ||
Years since diagnose | (range 1-6 years) | 2.61 | 1.44 | ||
Parents | Total | Mothers observed | 74 (96%) | ||
Fathers observed | 3 (4%) | ||||
Marital status (mothers) | Single | 5 (7%) | |||
Cohabiting with partner | 10 (13%) | ||||
Married/registered partners | 52 (70%) | ||||
Missing | 7 (10%) | ||||
Marital status (fathers) | Single | 0 (0%) | |||
Cohabiting with partner | 1 (33%) | ||||
Married/registered partners | 2 (67%) | ||||
Missing | 0 (0%) | ||||
Educational level (mothers) | Primary education | 1 (1%) | |||
12 years of formal education | 36 (49%) | ||||
15-16 years of formal education | 29 (39%) | ||||
Other | 1 (1%) | ||||
Missing | 7 (10%) | ||||
Educational level (fathers) | Primary education | 0 (0%) | |||
12 years of formal education | 0 (0%) | ||||
15-16 years of formal education | 3 (100%) | ||||
Other | 0 (0%) | ||||
Missing | 0 (0%) |