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. 2012 Jun;14(6):523–526. doi: 10.1089/dia.2011.0201

Table 1.

Survey Results for Comparisons Between Groups Using General Linear Models Controlling for Baseline Covariates: Diabetes Duration, Frequency of Blood Glucose Monitoring, Insulin Modality, and Glycosylated Hemoglobin

 
Youth (n=28)
Parent (n=28)
Adult (n=21)
  BGM (n=12) CGM (n=16) BGM (n=12) CGM (n=16) BGM (n=9) CGM (n=12)
A1C
 At baseline 7.6±0.4 7.6±0.7 NA NA 7.6±1.1 7.7±0.7
 At 6 months 7.5±0.6 7.5±1.0 NA NA 7.8±1.0 7.1±0.9
Fear of hypoglycemia 15.8±12.2 17.9±14.1 23.1±17.2 18.8±20.0 24.8±12.2 32.0±8.3
Negative affect around BGM 11.4±5.4 14.0±6.2a 13.7±5.2 15.8±6.0a 11.2±5.0 14.6±3.4a
Diabetes-specific family conflict 25.9±10.3 24.9±11.8 22.9±5.4 24.4±6.3 NA NA
Diabetes-related burden NA NA 48.1±28.6 52.4±33.1 31.5±29.6 14.5±20.1
Anxiety
 State 29.4±6.1 29.1±7.0 34.5±17.8 36.1±20.6 35.6±13.7 25.9±7.9a
 Trait 32.3±8.8 36.0±10.2a 36.5±16.6 38.4±19.2 41.1±13.3 28.5±7.7b
Depression (CDI; CDI-P) 3.8±4.3 5.1±5.0 NA NA NA NA
Depression (CES-D) NA NA NA NA 12.0±12.5 6.9±8.5
Quality of life 78.8±18.4 74.5±21.3 74.7±19.0 73.0±22.1    
 Physical subscale         57.2±5.6 54.8±3.8
 Mental subscale         39.6±19.0 49.5±12.9
Parent proxy measures
 Anxiety 42.2±12.0 46.8±13.4 NA NA NA NA
 Depression 8.4±8.1 13.1±9.4b        
a

P≤0.1, bP≤0.05.

A1C, hemoglobin A1C; BGM, blood glucose monitoring; CDI and CDI-P, Children's Depression Inventory and Children's Depression Inventory-Parent, respectively; CES-D, The Center for Epidemiologic Studies—Depression Scale; CGM, continuous glucose monitoring; NA, not applicable.