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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Management of adolescents with very poorly controlled type 1 diabetes by nurses: a parallel group randomized controlled trial

 

Control

Intervention

(n = 38)

(n = 39)

Age

 Mean (SD)

14.6 (1.6)

14.3 (1.6)

 Range (min–max)

11.8–17.0

12.1–17.7

Gender

 Male n (%)

15 (39.5)

26 (66.7)

 Female n (%)

23 (60.5)

13 (33.3)

Weight kg mean (SD)a

57.3 (13.5)

52.7 (12.7)

Height cm mean (SD)a

164 (9)

161 (11)

BMI mean (SD)

21.2 (3.6)

20.2 (3.3)

Social environment

 Poor n (%)

20 (52.6)

24 (61.5)

 Rich n (%)

18 (47.4)

15 (38.5)

Educational level

 Grade retention n (%)

30 (79.0)

19 (48.7)

 Normal n (%)

8 (21.1)

18 (46.2)

 Other n (%)

0

2 (5.1)

A1C rate

 J0 % mean (SD)

10.1 (1.65)

10.2 (1.95)

 T12–T0 % mean (SD)a

−0.18 (1.37)

−0.40 (1.26)

VAS (disease acceptance)

 J0 mean (SD)

3.9 (2.72)

4.9 (2.84)

  1. aA1C was available for 36 patients in the control and 34 in the intervention group
  2. A1C glycated hemoglobin, BMI body mass index, SD standard deviation, VAS visual analog scale