Quality of Life Differences in Pre- and Post-Educational Treatment in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus During COVID-19

Nur Rochmah; Muhammad Faizi; Yuni Hisbiyah; Ike Wahyu Triastuti; Garindra Wicaksono; Anang Endaryanto; Soetjipto

doi:10.2147/DMSO.S313575

Quality of Life Differences in Pre- and Post-Educational Treatment in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus During COVID-19

Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2021 Jun 28:14:2905-2911. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S313575. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Nur Rochmah^{1

2}, Muhammad Faizi^{1

2}, Yuni Hisbiyah^{1

2}, Ike Wahyu Triastuti², Garindra Wicaksono², Anang Endaryanto^{1

2}, Soetjipto^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Doctoral Program of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
² Department of Child Health, Dr. Soetomo General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
³ Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.

Abstract

Purpose: The coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic requires the use of online media to ensure monitoring of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in children. Thus, this study aims to determine whether online education effectively improves the quality of life (QoL) in children with T1DM during the coronavirus-19 pandemic.

Patients and methods: The study, conducted from March to October 2020, utilized the paired t-test before and after online education. Moreover, it adopts the recommended Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 3.2 diabetes module for the 33 patients registered in the Pediatric Endocrine Outpatient Clinic of Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia.

Results: The QoL of all children (p = 0.011), parents (p = 0.001), and both children and parents (overall; p = 0.002) have shown significant improvement after the treatment. The QoL of parents, as a subcriterion, improved after the treatment. However, the improvement in the children in subcriterion treatment II (p = 0.186) was not significant.

Conclusion: Online education has proven to create a better QoL almost in all children with T1DM during the coronavirus-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; PedsQL; T1DM; children; online education.

Grants and funding

The authors received no financial support for the research.