Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Conditions
Brief summary
Sleep is an important health behavior for children and adolescents due to the impact it has on both mental and physical development. Although sleep is considered a resting period, it is also a period when the brain work to encode and consolidate memories into more stable representations for long term recall . Unfortunately, pediatric sleep disorders affect 25 - 40% of youth and several studies showed that children with chronic illness experience more problems with initiating and maintaining sleep than their non- chronically ill children . Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) affects the quality of sleep in children and adolescents as well as their caregivers. Sleep disturbances in patients with T1DM may negatively impact their ability to manage their diabetes .
Interventions
OTHERquestionnaire about sleep quality in diabetic children
Pittsburgh sleep quality index
Sponsors
Sohag University
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 15 Years
Inclusion criteria
* Children and adolescents aged 6 to 15 years . * diagnosed with T1DM for at least 6 months * attending the pediatric diabetes outpatient clinic at Sohag University Hospital. * Age and sex matched control group for acute non-serious illnesses
Exclusion criteria
* Children and adolescents with associated neurological or psychiatric disorders .
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| duration of nighttime sleep in hours in night times and weekends | in the past month | duration of nighttime sleep in hours in night times and weekends |
| sleep problems as frequent awakening during the night | in the past month | sleep problems as frequent awakening during the night |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactAml M Abdel wahab, resident
Backup Contactsafaa H Ali, associate professor
Outcome results
None listed