Impact of a Diabetes Camp on Glycemic Control Among Children and Adolescents Living With Type 1 Diabetes in Cameroon

Summary

Therapeutic education is central to the management of diabetes, especially in children and adolescents. Camps represent an ideal environment for education. During camps, the campers receive both theoretical and practical information intended to improve their understanding and self-management of diabetes. The metabolic impact of diabetes camp is little known among children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa. The aimed of this study was to assess the changes in glycemic control and insulin doses in a group of children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes in Cameroon during and after camp.

Timeline

Start

2013-07

Primary completion

2013-08

Completion

2014-08

Publications

• Dehayem MY, Takogue R, Choukem SP, Donfack OT, Katte JC, Sap S, Sobngwi E, Mbanya JC. Impact of a pioneer diabetes camp experience on glycemic control among children and adolescents living with type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa. BMC Endocr Disord. 2016 Jan 20;16:5. doi: 10.1186/s12902-016-0086-x.

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