Predictors of Good Metabolic Control of Diabetes in Adolescents Social, Epidemiological and Neuropsychological Dimensions

Abstract

Our study included 60 children with diabetes. We divided them into two groups: Group A and Group B. Patients assigned to Group A had controlled diabetes and formed our “Control Group”, while Group B was for patients with poorly controlled diabetes. This study was conducted in « The Home of the Young Diabetic » center in collaboration with the diabetes unit at the pediatric hospital of Rabat. Our goal was to identify the different predictors of metabolic control in diabetic adolescents by looking at the epidemiological data, lifestyle, social level, and the family life of different categories. Finally, we analyzed the results and suggested solutions. To improve the medical care of diabetes provide better control of the teenage period and reinforce therapeutic education, it is necessary to propose social help to families in need and expand the right of health insurance to all citizens but also refund all the new technologies in diabetes treatment. Lastly, we suggested the integration of a psychological test at the beginning of the diabetes discovery and add it to the screening of complications.