Table 2.
Diabetes mellitus related factors associated with level of HbA1c among children in Aseer Region.
| HbA1C | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Glycemic Control n = 9 n (%) |
Poor Glycemic Control n = 162 n (%) |
||
|
Duration of DM (years) ≤3 (n = 94) >3 (n = 77) |
8 (8.5) 1 (1.3) |
86 (91.5) 76 (98.7) |
0.035 * |
|
History of hospitalization No (n = 59) Once (n = 61) Twice (n = 35) >Twice (n = 16) ICU admission Yes (n = 53) No (n = 118) |
1 (1.7) 5 (8.2) 2 (5.7) 1 (6.3) 4 (7.5) 5 (4.2) |
58 (98.3) 56 (91.8) 33 (94.3) 15 (93.7) 49 (92.5) 113 (95.8) |
0.457 ** 0.290 * |
|
Carbohydrate count usage (n = 170) Yes (n = 22) No (n = 148) |
4 (18.2) 5 (3.4) |
18 (81.8) 143 (96.6) |
0.017 * |
|
Diet usage Yes (n = 35) No (n = 136) |
2 (5.7) 7 (5.1) |
33 (94.3) 129 (94.9) |
0.583 * |
|
Physician revisit interval Once/month (n = 8) Once/3 months (n = 150) Once/6 months (13) |
0 (0.0) 9 (6.0) 0 (0.0) |
8 (100) 141 (94.0) 13 (100) |
0.514 ** |
|
Adherence to insulin therapy Excellent (n = 117) Good (n = 52) Bad (n = 2) |
7 (6.0) 2 (3.8) 0 (0.0) |
110 (94.0) 50 (96.2) 2 (100) |
0.802 ** |
|
Type of insulin Multi-dosage/day (n = 105) Two doses/day (n = 62) Insulin pump (n = 4) |
6 (5.7) 3 (4.8) 0 (0.0) |
99 (94.3) 59 (95.2) 4 (100) |
0.866 ** |
|
Knowledge of the family about glucagon Yes (n = 153) No (n = 18) |
7 (4.6) 2 (11.1) |
146 (95.4) 16 (88.9) |
0.242 * |
|
Glucagon injection Yes (n = 151) No (n = 20) |
8 (5.3) 1 (5.0) |
143 (94.7) 19 (95.0) |
0.716 ** |
|
Availability of diabetes educator Yes (n = 141) No (n = 13) Do not know (n = 17) |
7 (5.0) 1 (7.7) 1 (5.9) |
134 (95.0) 12 (92.3) 16 (94.1) |
0.908 ** |
|
Sufficiency of information from a diabetes educator Yes (n = 133) No (n = 37) |
7 (5.3) 2 (5.4) |
126 (94.7) 35 (94.6) |
0.622 * |
|
Availability of glucose test device No (n = 2) Yes, from the government (n = 140) Yes, on patient’s exposure (n = 29) |
0 (0.0) 8 (5.7) 1 (3.4) |
2 (100) 132 (94.3) 28 (96.6) |
0.835 ** |
* Fischer exact test; ** Chi-square test.