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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168
Euro Nursing 2017
October 26-28, 2017
32
nd
EURO
NURSING AND MEDICARE SUMMIT
October 26-28, 2017 | Paris, France
Life qualities and depression levels of adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A cross-sectional study
Emriye Hilal Yayan
2
and
Murside Zengin
1
1
Adıyaman University, Turkey
2
Inönü University, Turkey
Background & Aim
: Type 1 diabetes, which is one of the most important childhood illnesses, is increasingly prevalent in
the world and can affect the quality of life and depression levels of adolescents during the adolescence. Aim of the study is to
determine the quality of life and depression levels of adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Material &Methods
: This is a cross-sectional study where the universe of study constitutes 88 adolescents who have diagnosed
type 1 diabetes and followed at Pediatric Endocrine Polyclinic at Inonu University Turgut Özal Medical Center. It was aimed
at reaching the whole of the universe without going to the selection of samples. 88 adolescents with Type 1 diabetes who
agreed to participate in the study were included in the study. As a data collection tool, 19 items in "Demographic Data Form
for Adolescents", 23 items in "Life Quality Scale for Children Adolescent Form" (LQSCAF) and 27 items in "Beck Depression
Scale" were used by the researchers. The data of the study were collected using face-to-face interview technique.
Findings
: 58% of the children with type 1 diabetes were girls, 65.9% were living in the nucleus family. It was observed that
44.3% of the children's mothers are primary school graduates and 39.8% of the fathers are middle school graduates. 53.4% of
the mothers are housewives while 40.9% of the fathers’ work as workers. There was another diabetic individual in the family
of 42% of the children. There was a high negative correlation between HgA1c and school functioning score, total psychosocial
health score and total score of LQSCAF. There was a moderate correlation in the negative direction between HgA1c and
physical health total score, emotional functioning score and social functioning score. There was a strong correlation between
HgA1c and depression score in the positive direction. There was a weak positive correlation between total number of daily
meals and total physical health score, emotional functioning score, total psychosocial health score, total score of the LQSCAF.
Conclusion
: In the study of determining the quality of life and depression levels of adolescents with type 1 diabetes, low-
quality adolescents were found to be susceptible to depression and it is suggested that the research be done in different groups
Biography
Murside Zengin is studying PhD from Inonu University Institute of Health Science. She had worked as a Nurse in Kahta between 2013-2016. She has been working
as a Research Assistant at Nursing Department in Adıyaman University School of Health-Turkey.
mzengin@adiyaman.edu.trEmriye Hilal Yayan et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-061