Anna R Kahkoska1, Madison E Watts1, Kimberly A Driscoll2, Franziska K Bishop2, Paul Mihas3, Joan Thomas1, Jennifer R Law4, Nina Jain4, Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis1,5. 1. Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 2. Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA. 3. Odum Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 4. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 5. Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Abstract
AIMS: No current clinical guidelines focus on weight management in youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Our aim was to characterize the patient-perceived experience and barriers to weight management in youth with T1DM. METHODS: Participants were recruited from the University of North Carolina (n = 16, 56% female, 60% White, 50% insulin pump users, mean age 14.8 years, mean HbA1c 8.5% (69 mmol/mol)) and the University of Colorado (n = 18, 50% female, 80% white, 53% pump users, mean age 15.3 years, mean HbA1c 9.3% (78 mmol/mol)). Focus groups were stratified by sex and weight status (BMI cutoff = 25). Discussions were guided by a standardized set of questions, audio-taped, transcribed, and analyzed thematically using inductive qualitative methods. RESULTS: Youth with T1DM expressed four interrelated themes of antagonism between type 1 diabetes and weight management: dysregulated appetite, disruption of blood glucose levels associated with changing diet/exercise, hypoglycemia as a barrier to weight loss, and the overwhelming nature of dual management of weight and glycemic control, and two interrelated themes of synergism: improvement in shared, underlying heath behaviors and exercise as a tool for weight and glycemic control. Variation in emphasis of specific thematic elements was greatest across sex. Youth identified five major components of a weight management program for T1DM: intensified glucose management, healthy diet with known carbohydrate content, exercise, individualization and flexibility, and psychosocial and peer support. CONCLUSIONS: There is critical need for personalized, T1DM-specific weight recommendations to overcome disease-specific barriers to weight management in the context of T1DM.
AIMS: No current clinical guidelines focus on weight management in youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Our aim was to characterize the patient-perceived experience and barriers to weight management in youth with T1DM. METHODS: Participants were recruited from the University of North Carolina (n = 16, 56% female, 60% White, 50% insulin pump users, mean age 14.8 years, mean HbA1c 8.5% (69 mmol/mol)) and the University of Colorado (n = 18, 50% female, 80% white, 53% pump users, mean age 15.3 years, mean HbA1c 9.3% (78 mmol/mol)). Focus groups were stratified by sex and weight status (BMI cutoff = 25). Discussions were guided by a standardized set of questions, audio-taped, transcribed, and analyzed thematically using inductive qualitative methods. RESULTS: Youth with T1DM expressed four interrelated themes of antagonism between type 1 diabetes and weight management: dysregulated appetite, disruption of blood glucose levels associated with changing diet/exercise, hypoglycemia as a barrier to weight loss, and the overwhelming nature of dual management of weight and glycemic control, and two interrelated themes of synergism: improvement in shared, underlying heath behaviors and exercise as a tool for weight and glycemic control. Variation in emphasis of specific thematic elements was greatest across sex. Youth identified five major components of a weight management program for T1DM: intensified glucose management, healthy diet with known carbohydrate content, exercise, individualization and flexibility, and psychosocial and peer support. CONCLUSIONS: There is critical need for personalized, T1DM-specific weight recommendations to overcome disease-specific barriers to weight management in the context of T1DM.
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Pediatric obesity; Qualitative research; Type 1 diabetes; Weight management
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