Skip to main content

Table 1 Comparing the clinico-laboratory, psychosocial and cost data between the studied children with T1D on MDI and CSII

From: Psychosocial aspects of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion in children with type 1 diabetes in Egypt; a limited resources country perspective

Clinical data

MDI (N = 30)

CSII (N = 30)

P value

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Age (years) a

10.70

3.42

10.60

2.95

0.904

Disease duration (years) a

4.63

1.95

5.13

2.14

0.349

Insulin daily dose (u/kg/d) a

1.09

0.33

0.86

0.29

0.007

Weight (Z score) a

− 0.44

1.18

0.01

1.09

0.133

Height (Z score) a

− 1.52

1.36

− 1.84

7.17

0.808

BMI (Z score) a

0.51

1.20

0.48

0.75

0.921

HbA1C (%)a

8.87

1.02

6.94

1.09

 < 0.001

SMBG (mg/dl) a

187.50

63.44

107.53

33.26

 < 0.001

Diabetes self-management questionnaire

4.10

0.06

5.30

0.05

 < 0.001

Socioeconomic level scalea

 Education and culture

23.75

1.98

23.73

2.08

0.976

 Family

8.00

0.66

7.80

0.89

0.362

 Economic

1.21

0.51

2.03

0.81

 < 0.001

 Occupation

7.08

1.59

6.40

2.19

0.206

 Family possessions

5.71

0.55

6.33

0.61

 < 0.001

 Home sanitation

7.38

1.21

8.40

1.19

0.003

 Health care

3.79

0.72

3.20

1.00

0.018

Major depressive disorders (MINI-KID)b

 Positive (n %)

17 (56.7%)

5 (16.7%)

 

 Negative (n %)

13 (43.3%)

25 (83.3%)

0.001

HRQoL scalea

 Physical health

53.46

17.43

79.66

11.16

 < 0.001

 Emotional functioning

49.83

10.21

70.67

20.96

 < 0.001

 Social functioning

63.33

15.05

83.67

12.10

 < 0.001

 School functioning

47.17

8.68

70.67

13.63

 < 0.001

 Psychosocial health

53.69

6.91

74.99

12.40

 < 0.001

 CIDS scalea

66.73

7.08

79.33

8.06

 < 0.001

 Mean annual costa

9536.28

3374.52

25,566.10

1401.92

 < 0.001

 Mean annual hospitalization costa

1390.65

1610.41

330.33

820.89

0.002

 Total costa

9675.93

3465.86

25,599.43

1395.12

 < 0.001

  1. T1D: type 1 diabetes; MDI: multiple daily injections; CSII: continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion; BMI: body mass index; HbA1C: fraction C of glycated hemoglobin; SMBG: self-monitoring of blood glucose; HRQoL: health related quality of life; CIDS: confidence in diabetes self-management
  2. aANOVA test
  3. bChi-square test
  4. P < 0.05 significant; P < 0.01 highly significant