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September 2, 2026Health Science ReportsOpen Access

Determinants of Health‐Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: A Cross‐Sectional Study

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SHSolmaz HeidariMAMajid AminzadehRBRonak Badiei

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Overview

Cross-sectional study reveals lower quality of life in girls and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, indicating key targets for lifestyle intervention.

Key Points

  • To evaluate health-related quality of life and its determinants in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and their parents.
  • Conducted a cross-sectional study of 234 children aged 5–16 years with type 1 diabetes and their parents at Abuzar Hospital in Ahvaz, Iran.
  • Measured quality of life using child- and parent-reported PedsQL 4.0 and PedsQL 3.2 Diabetes Module surveys alongside demographic, clinical, and lifestyle data.
  • Analyzed independent determinants of total PedsQL scores using multivariable linear regression.
  • Children reported the highest scores for physical functioning and the lowest for school functioning, while parents rated child quality of life significantly lower across all domains (p < 0.001).
  • Boys reported significantly higher quality of life than girls across all generic domains except school functioning and across all diabetes-specific domains (p < 0.05); children scored higher than adolescents in most domains (p < 0.05).
  • Multivariable linear regression identified male sex, regular physical exercise, and consistent carbohydrate counting as independent predictors of higher total PedsQL scores (p < 0.05).

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Heidari et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e2b1c562ede874ec7012https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.73143
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