The educational level of children's mothers with type 1 diabetes is key in the control of the disease, according to a group of researchers from Denmark.
When we talk about bad control of diabetes, one of the first explanations that comes to mind is that the inequality of access to health care can be a determining factor, but according to Nick Nielsen, from the Department of Economics of the University of Copenhagen andResponsible for the study The access level of caregivers, and in this specific case of children's mothers with diabetes is key.
Nielsen and his team analyzed the data of 4,079 children who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes between 2000 and 2013. The children were divided into 4 groups, depending on the mother's educational level.In total, 1,643 had mothers who had not gone to university, 1,548 had mothers who completed professional training, 695 mothers had a degree and 193 mothers had with the degree of mastery.
The researchers found that the levels of the so -called glycosylated hemoglobin or HBA1C, the data that reflects the control of blood sugar during the three months, descended depending on the level of education of the mothers of children with diabetes.The better educational preparation the mother had, the less was glycosylated hemoglobin.
In the current study, HBA1C levels were 7.6% in children of mothers with advanced studies, 7.9% in the children of women with degree titles, 8.2% in children whose mothers graduated in centers ofprofessional training, and 8.4% in children of mothers with no more than a high school.
The children of mothers with the highest educational level also had lower rates of diabetic ketoacidosis, and lower hypoglycemia rates.
The study also confirms that the mothers of children with diabetes with a higher educational level carried out a greater number of daily blood glucose tests, while those with a secondary education did less controls.
It has always been said that diabetes is a disease for ready.According to the authors, the mothers of children with diabetes with higher education were more able to help control their children's diabetes.The links between patient education or socioeconomic status and compliance with treatment have been demonstrated in previous studies, as well.
The study is limited because it was not possible to obtain information about all mothers and children in records.
Even so, researchers write in Diabetes Care, "for doctors and politicians, our results suggest that it could benefit from additional support to less privileged children during the first years of diabetes."
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