RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Emotional difficulties in diabetes mellitus.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 337
OP 340
DO 10.1136/adc.61.4.337
VO 61
IS 4
A1 H Close
A1 A G Davies
A1 D A Price
A1 I M Goodyer
YR 1986
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/4/337.abstract
AB Sixty children and adolescents with diabetes aged between 9 and 18 years were investigated for emotional difficulties in association with their diabetic control. Seventeen (28%) had appreciable emotional or behavioural difficulties according to parental report, and seven (12%) considered themselves 'possibly depressed'. These latter patients had a mean glycosylated haemoglobin concentration below 10%, poorer self esteem, and a greater external locus of control. Three were considered not to have pronounced emotional difficulties according to parental report.