Siyu Chen, Shiying Qiu, Haoran Li, Junhua Zhang, Xiaoqi Wu, Wenjie Zeng, Fuquan Huang
An integrated model for predicting pupils' acceptance of artificially intelligent robots as teachers
Education and information technologies
type 1 diabetes mellitus t1dm prevalent chronic disease among children adolescents necessitating effective selfmonitoring blood glucose smbg levels understanding determinants factors influencing smbg behavior crucial optimizing diabetes management population study aimed investigate frequency smbg identify determinants influencing factors children adolescents t1dm crosssectional study conducted tehran iran included 275 participants selected simple random sampling gabric diabetes education association inclusion criteria comprised children adolescents aged 3 18 years diagnosed t1dm least 6 months using analog neutral protamine hagedorn nph regular insulin subcutaneously patients using insulin pumps excluded data collection involved online questionnaire covering demographic information eg age gender educational status parental occupations well clinical information number hypoglycemic episodes hemoglobin a1c hba1c levels diabetes duration insulin regimen diabetes complications glucose monitoring practices hospitalizations behavioral characteristics statistical analyses including descriptive statistics correlation tests poisson regressions performed using spss software version 21 significance level pvalue 005 considered statistically significant participants mean age 1000 377 years 542 males participants 873 schoolchildren mean age diagnosis 656 373 years mean duration 4472 3632 months anthropometric investigations revealed mean height weight body mass index bmi values 13669 2111 cm 3745 1551 kg 1831 355 kgm2 respectively majority participants 935 used insulin pens mean daily insulin dosage 3534 2220 iu parents reported consistent glucose level monitoring 647 cases mean hba1c level 791 158 factors price availability glucometer strips influenced glucose level monitoring univariate analysis age hba1c levels showed negative correlation however parents consistent checking showed positive correlation frequency daily weekly monthly glucose checking study underscores significance smbg children adolescents t1dm findings emphasize critical role price availability glucometers strips achieving standard care t1dm patients