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No Summer Vacation from Type 1 Diabetes
Diabetes Care; ePub 2016 Oct 4; Sherr, et al
Adequate HbA1c levels were not achieved in most children and teens with type 1 diabetes regardless of time of year targeted, according to a study involving nearly 2,000 youths.
Participants were between 8 and 18 years of age and had type 1 diabetes. Investigators looked at HbA1c measures taken prior to summer, end of summer vacation, and once back in school. Among the results:
- No difference in HbA1c was seen before, during, or after summer vacation (8.5% in all periods).
- There were no differences after looking at groupings according to age, sex, race/ethnicity, region, and device use.
- Only ~one-fourth had an HbA1c of 7.5% in each time period.
The authors noted that their findings run counter to conventional thought that summer activity and meal habit changes cause worsening control in children with type 1 diabetes.
Sherr J, Boyle C, Miller K, Beck R, Tamborlane W. No summer vacation from diabetes: Glycemic control in pediatric participants in the T1D exchange registry based on time of year. [Published online ahead of print October 4, 2016]. Diabetes Care. doi:10.2337/dc16-1522.