Children's parents with diabetes feel that their children have a limited life

82% ensure that their children's diabetes has a strong impact on family life.

Most children with diabetes express negative emotions about their illness, since they feel that it limits their social life, their practice of physical activity and education.

With the aim of knowing the challenges that parents of children with diabetes continuously face and identifying the main obstacles of disease control in the pediatric population, Abbott has carried out a European survey on children's diabetes that analyzes the effects of the disease onthe quality of life of the child and families.

The results show that 80% of Spanish parents feel that the life of their children with diabetes (from 4 to 14 years) is limited;20% of children have had to leave school because of their condition, while 59% have had to stop playing sports and 10% feel different and away from the rest of their friends.

Glucose measurement is the main obstacle for the child with diabetes not to interrupt their activities, and most parents ensure that an easier device to use to measure their children's glucose would improve the child's life and health with diabetes, and that of his family.

600 parents of children with type 1 diabetes have participated in the survey between 4 and 14 years, from seven different countries (Spain, Germany, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands).The knowledge of children on diabetes, the impact of the disease on their daily lives and the challenges that diabetes entails for the family are the three main aspects that the survey analyzes.

puncture on the finger and stress

44% of Spanish parents ensure that glucose measurement is the main cause of the interruption of their children's activities.Children make a puncture on the finger on average 6 times a day and the fact that they do not like to puncture on the finger causes stress in the personal and family life of the parents.They do not like several reasons: 45% for discomfort, 30% for pain and 14% feel ashamed.

Diabetes and dream quality of parents and children

Sleep quality is an important issue for parents of children with diabetes, since the child's rest can be interrupted many times by glucose control, treatment or visit of doctors.In fact, 51% of children suffer from sleep alterations due to diabetes control, and that more than 63% have had at least one episode of severe hypoglycemia during sleep.

One of the greatest concerns of parents (50%), are the long -term complications that diabetes entails, while the main fear of 26% of children with diabetes is to suffer episodes of short -term hypoglycemia.To avoid these complications, good diabetes control is necessary and carry out the proper treatment.

Diabetes presents a huge emotional burden for parents and children.More than half of the parents (54%) are concerned that, taking care of a child with diabetes, insufficient attention is given to the other children, and almost 30% of them believe that their child's diabetes is a strongeconomic impact for the family.

In addition, 70% of parents say they feel exhausted due to the pressure of care of their child's diabetes, 35% declare that the relationship with their partner, 34% will not work regularlyTo take care of their child, and 27% do not find time for themselves.

Concern for the future of his son with diabetes

While 68% of parents say that their children with diabetes understand the meaning of the disease, only half of children with diabetes are truly aware of the possible consequences of bad control ofglucose levelsOn the other hand, not all parents feel supported by the control of their child's disease.

29% of parents feel they have control, 48% only feel control when the child is under their supervision, and 37% are concerned that their child's diabetes is not properly controlled without their supervision, such as when they are inThe school.

In this sense, more than half of the parents (60%) ensure that an easier device to use to measure their children's glucose would improve the life and stress level of all family members, as well as healthof children.In addition, parents ask for a better education to dissipate erroneous ideas about type 1 diabetes and improve the treatment of this problematic disease.

PFFF These interested conclusions of Abbot are not like that. Stress is not produced by punctures in the fingers, but by glycemic instability.What is needed is a reliable continuous meter, with alarms and subsidized.

They are not ready ... These want to promote freestyle.But it is not very reliable, at least in my case.

My daughter does not stress the punctures on the finger, nor those of insulin.My daughter is stressed, having to study and be with hiccups, and not be able to continue;making an exam trembling because your glycemia is going down, and having to stop to overcome;Going to train and not be able to finish because it is going up like an arrow;Go to a race and have to take something because it is too fair and you will not be able to take the exit or on the contrary ... and so on a lot of things !!!

It is clear that these of Abbott put everything that the free freestyle is the panacea and it is not, but in my case and not being able to access economically an MCG because it is helpful.

And of the data they have given, I identify with many things: restlessness for control in the school, not working, the girl's stress for the punctures (those of the fingers not, those of insulin), not sleeping well,Future concern, etc.

Abbott laughs at all diabetics in each advertising announcement they put.I will not enter the quality of your flash system, which if I am going to enter that even God frees us from the punctures.
And they could already stop making something that is not real, and stop selling lies to earn money.They are the only ones who lie blatantly right now.

I totally agree@jconegar the flash system is sometimes unreliable and you haveAt least it helps to predict certain things and gives you an idea of ​​his day to glycemias

@Mariah14 No I do not say that it is reliable or that it is not, I do not enter that world, in which they lie if, I do not like them to play with us, as well as at the beginning of the bomb 640 g with their meter they saidThat it was an annual contract and it was a lie, then they have corrected and have done the most correct.
And be careful that little by little I will comment on the new Insurance for Fiatc diabetics, it seems that everything that shines is not gold.When I have it in writing I will comment.

@jconegar totally respectable your opinion like any other that I do not defend Abbott, much less huh ??? It is clear that everything is selling and doing trade.If there are many differences (and there is when I claim, of course)