Table 4 Clinical characteristics of children and adolescents with T1DM in Jugol General Hospital and Hiwot Fana Compressive Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, November 15, 2022 to January 15, 2023. (n = 231)
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age at Diagnosis (years) | 1- 3 | 18 | 7.8 |
4- 6 | 35 | 15.2 | |
7- 12 | 135 | 58.4 | |
13- 18 | 43 | 18.6 | |
Duration of DM(years) | < 1 | 55 | 23.8 |
1- 5 | 119 | 51.5 | |
> 5 | 57 | 24.7 | |
Duration of medications(years) | < 1 | 56 | 24.2 |
1- 5 | 117 | 50.6 | |
> 5 | 58 | 25.1 | |
Insulin regimen | Premixed NPH/RI | 6 | 2.6 |
Nonpremixed NPH/RI | 213 | 92.2 | |
NPH alone | 12 | 5.2 | |
Insulin dosage | < 0.8 IU/Kg | 84 | 36.4 |
0.8–1.2 IU/Kg | 119 | 51.5 | |
> 1.2 IU/Kg | 28 | 12.1 | |
Storage | Refrigerator | 109 | 47.2 |
Pot | 50 | 21.6 | |
other | 72 | 31.2 | |
Who administers | Child himself | 174 | 75.3 |
Caregivers | 54 | 23.4 | |
A child with the support of a caregiver | 3 | 1.3 | |
Missed dose | No missed dose | 210 | 90.9 |
1 missed dose | 21 | 9.1 | |
Glucometer | yes | 174 | 75.3 |
No | 57 | 24.7 | |
Frequency of BGM | ≥ 3 × weekly | 156 | 67.5 |
1–2 × weekly | 18 | 7.8 | |
Non-per week | 17 | 24.7 | |
Co-morbidities | Yes | 13 | 5.6 |
No | 218 | 94.4 | |
Type of co-morbidity | Epilepsy | 6 | 2.6 |
Cardiac diseases | 1 | 4 | |
HIV/RVI | 2 | 0.9 | |
Others | 4 | 1.7 | |
None | 218 | 94.4 | |
Dose injected by a caregiver | None | 111 | 62.7 |
1 injection | 5 | 2.8 | |
All injections | 61 | 34.5 | |
Dose supervised by a caregiver | None | 104 | 58.8 |
1 injection | 2 | 1.1 | |
All injections | 71 | 40.1 | |
Participation of caregivers | No participation | 70 | 39.5 |
Reminds the child | 32 | 18.1 | |
Sets up the meter | 75 | 42.4 | |
Medications that increase blood glucose | Yes | 8 | 3.5 |
No | 223 | 96.5 |