Commentary on:
Price KJ, Knowles JA, Fox M, et al. Effectiveness of the Kids in Control of Food (KICk-OFF) structured education course for 11–16 year olds with type 1 diabetes. Diabet Med 2016;33:192–203.
Implications for practice and research
Following a diagnosis of diabetes, group-based interventions should be part of a ‘toolbox’ of resources for children and young people (CYP) and parents and be embedded within routine care.
Group sessions delivered by trained educators, following an interactive developmentally appropriate curriculum may be particularly appropriate for 11–16-year-olds with suboptimal (HbA1c>80 mmol/mol, 9.5%) control.
Involving CYP and parents in and throughout the research process is key to enhancing engagement and ensuring research is relevant and meaningful.
Evaluating the impact of group dynamics, daily peer support and parental involvement could enhance future studies. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
When a GP suspects a child or young person has diabetes, they should immediately be sent to hospital and seen the same day by a specialist, a new NICE quality standard says.
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The main aim of this study was to compare the long-term effect on glycometabolic control of eHealth intervention and traditional care in T1DM SAP-treated adolescents. In our study we demonstrated a favorable impact of monthly teleassistance on treatment compliance. Adolescents receiving frequent feedback provided by the medicalmultidisciplinary team, You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
The National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) 2014/15, published today by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) clearly demonstrates that, overall children and young people with diabetes - the vast majority of whom have Type 1 diabetes - are achieving better control thereby reducing their lifetime risk of diabetes-associated complications such as kidney disease, blindness and amputations.
The 2010 Children, Schools and Families Act and the Children and Families Act 2014 introduced a legal duty on schools to look after children with medical conditions. However, last year the Children and Young People’s Transformation programme of the Healthy London Partnership (a collaboration between the 32 CCGs in London and NHS England) was approached by parents about the difficulties they were experiencing in accessing appropriate care for their children.
Aim Adequate sick-day management at home can reduce the risk of progression to diabetic ketoacidosis and admission to hospital. The aim of this project was to review the management of diabetes during illness. Login using your SSSFT NHS Athens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library http://www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
Background Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) are at increased risk of coeliac disease (CD). Recent guidelines indicate coeliac screening should include HLA typing for CD predisposing (DQ2/DQ8) alleles and those negative for these alleles require no further coeliac screening. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
NHS England has published a non-mandatory diabetes transition service specification that sets out a best practice provision model for services for children and young people with diabetes.
The document is intended to support commissioners in improving outcomes and has been developed to support improvements to existing children and young people’s and adult diabetes services to ensure that they take account of the needs of people up to the age of 25.
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Advice on using social media, texts and Skype to keep young people engaged in treatment for their diabetes has been published as part of wider information to help commissioners improve care transition.
NHS England has produced a new service specification to help improve services for young people transferring from child to adult services or from one service to another geographically.
There are currently 27,000 children and young people in England with Diabetes, 96 per cent of whom have Type 1.
Evidence shows the longer between appointments the higher the chance of a young person developing psychosocial issues such as anxiety and depression and increased HbA1c. Diabetes is also linked to higher rates of eating disorders.
Weight increase during the first year of an infant’s life is positively associated with the risk of developing type 1 diabetes, an analysis of two large Scandinavian birth cohorts has found. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
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