Factors influencing the acceptability of automated insulin delivery systems in youths with type 1 diabetes and their parents
Authors' conclusion
Participants receiving SAP therapy demonstrated higher expectations and optimistic views about AIDs. This treatment modality can act as a trampoline to AIDs despite individuals' glucose control and diabetes history.
Study context
- Population
- Consecutively enrolled youths with T1D on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) (multiple daily injections (MDI) or sensor-augmented pump (SAP) therapy) and their parentsyouths and parents
- Participants
- 239 participants
- Exposure
- Youths vs parents; CGM technology and insulin treatment modality (MDI vs SAP) as factors of AP-acceptance
- Outcome
- AP-acceptance (AP questionnaire overall score)
Methodological detailsconsecutively enrolled
- Consecutively enrolled
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
AP-acceptance overall score
Youths
3.91
mean · ± 0.47
Parents
3.99
mean · ± 0.43
P = 0.07
- Male gender and SAP therapy associated with higher AP-acceptance overall score (multivariate analysis)
- P = 0.045, 0.015, 0.0001, respectively
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Domains and items of AP questionnaire
- High scores in intention to use, usefulness and trust in automatic insulin delivery system (AIDs), with favorable expected judgments by others
- Highest-scoring items: high glucose control and QoL benefits; main hassle: size and discomfort of wearing two devices
Original publication
Factors influencing the acceptability of automated insulin delivery systems in youths with type 1 diabetes and their parents. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 13 December 2024. doi:10.
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