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Adjustment to Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and its Relation with Anxiety and Depression in Pediatric Patients

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Inmaculada Montoya, Marian Perez-Marin, Ana Soto-Rubio and Vicente Prado-Gasco

Around 26 and 43% of pediatric patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus presents psychological problems, being anxiety and depression the more frequent ones. An important factor regarding the wellbeing of these patients is the presence of good adjustment indicators in the process of adapting to this chronic disease.The present study aims to analyze the relationship between the difficulties of adapting to type 1 diabetes mellitus and the presence of clinical symptoms of anxiety and depression in pediatric patients. Our research is an exploratory cross-sectional study in which participated 23 children and adolescents in the age range of 6 to 16 years. All of them were attended in the Pediatric Endocrinolo... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2470-7570.1000111

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