Citation

Storch EA, Heidgerken AD, Geffken GR, Lewin AB, Ohleyer V, Freddo M, Silverstein JH. J. Pediatr. 2006; 148(6): 784-787.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32610, USA. estorch@psychiatry.ufl.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.01.007

PMID

16769387

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association among diabetes-related bullying, diabetes self-management, metabolic control, and depression in children and adolescents with type I diabetes (TID). STUDY DESIGN: Measures of diabetes-related bullying and depression were administered to 167 youth with TID at their regularly scheduled diabetes care visits. Parents were administered a clinician-rated index of their child's diabetes self-management. HbA1c levels were assessed. RESULTS: Diabetes-related bullying was positively related to HbA1c concentration and negatively related to overall self-management and specifically to adherence to glucose testing and dietary tasks. Depressive symptoms partially mediated the relation between diabetes-related bullying and overall self-management. CONCLUSION: Given the associations between diabetes-related bullying and regimen self-management, the issue of illness-related bullying merits serious attention for pediatricians and school personnel.

Language: en