2015 Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community
* Pain reports in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
- The purpose of this study is to examine prevalence rates of pain reports in youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and potential predictors of pain. Pain is a common and debilitating symptom of diabetic polyneuropathies. There is currently little research regarding pain in youth with T1DM. It was predicted that self-care and general health factors would predict pain as suggested by the general pain literature. Participants (N = 269) ranged in age from 13 to 17 years; youth had a mean time since diagnosis of 5.8 years. Data collected included diabetes self-management variables, ratings of the patient's current functioning and pain intensity ('current'), and information collected about experiences that occurred in the time preceding each appointment ('interim'). About half of the youth (n = 121, 49.0%) reported any interim pain across both appointments. Female adolescents and those individuals who were physically active and/or utilized health-care system more acutely were more likely to report interim central nervous system pain. Improved diabetes self-management and increased level of physical activity may reduce experiences of pain and increase the quality of life of youth with T1DM. Regular monitoring of both current and interim pain experiences of youth with T1DM is recommended.
=>健康状態, 健康, 調子
Overview of noun health
The noun health has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (21) health, wellness -- (a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians should be
held responsible for the health of their patients")
2. health -- (the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate health"; "in poor health")
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