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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of the present study was to estimate the cumulative probability of multiple diabetes-related hospitalizations and identify associated risk factors in a sample of 92 school-age children, newly diagnosed with insulin-dependent (Type 1) diabetes mellitus, who were followed longitudinally for up to 14 years (mean: 9 years). 'Multiple hospitalizations' as a variable was defined as three or more admissions. Altogether 26 young patients (28%) had multiple admissions (with a total of 158 hospitalizations), yielding an estimated cumulative probability for this outcome of 0.33 by 10 years after onset of diabetes. Multivariate longitudinal analyses revealed that at any given point in time, four variables significantly increased the risk of multiple admissions: higher levels of glycosylated haemoglobin reflecting poorer metabolic control, higher levels of externalizing symptoms reflecting greater behaviour problems, younger age at diagnosis, and lower socio-economic status. According to the results of post hoc analyses, however, the aforementioned risk factors do not appear to be specific to multiple hospitalizations, and can serve to identify groups that are generally vulnerable to-readmissions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0742-3071
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
142-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
A longitudinal study of biomedical and psychosocial predictors of multiple hospitalizations among young people with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Multicenter Study