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SUBMITTER: Van Name MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5650950 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van Name Michelle A MA Hilliard Marisa E ME Boyle Claire T CT Miller Kellee M KM DeSalvo Daniel J DJ Anderson Barbara J BJ Laffel Lori M LM Woerner Stephanie E SE DiMeglio Linda A LA Tamborlane William V WV
Pediatric diabetes 20170421 1
<h4>Background</h4>Fear of hypoglycemia is common in parents of young children with type 1 diabetes (T1D), but little is known about the specific fears that parents most often experience. Hypoglycemia fear has been associated with poorer glycemic control in older children, though not yet studied in a large cohort of very young children.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Parents of 549 children <7 years (mean 5.2 ± 1.2 years [19% <3 years]) with a mean diabetes duration of 2.4 ± 1.0 years (range 1-6 y ...[more]