TY - JOUR

T1 - Association of Prodromal Type 1 Diabetes With School Absenteeism of Danish Schoolchildren

T2 - A Population-Based Case-Control Study of 1,338 Newly Diagnosed Children

AU - Thingholm, Peter R

AU - Gaulke, Amanda

AU - Eriksen, Tine M

AU - Svensson, Jannet

AU - Skipper, Niels

N1 - © 2020 by the American Diabetes Association.

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - OBJECTIVE: To investigate school absenteeism before the clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children who develop the disease.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This population-based, retrospective case-control study involved all Danish children who developed type 1 diabetes and attended public schools (n = 1,338) from 2010 to 2017. Those children were matched at a 1-to-5 ratio, on the basis of sex and date of birth, to children without diabetes (n = 6,690). Case and control absenteeism were compared monthly, starting with 12 months prior to the type 1 diabetes diagnosis through 12 months after diagnosis.RESULTS: Before the diabetes diagnosis (7-12 months), the mean number of days absent from school per month was 0.93 (SD 1.78) among children with diabetes and 0.93 (1.82) among control children (difference -0.004 days, P = 0.94). From 4 months before the diagnosis, children who developed diabetes had a statistically significant increase in absenteeism compared with control children (difference 0.24 days, P < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS: Children who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes had increased school absenteeism 4 months before diagnosis.

AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate school absenteeism before the clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children who develop the disease.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This population-based, retrospective case-control study involved all Danish children who developed type 1 diabetes and attended public schools (n = 1,338) from 2010 to 2017. Those children were matched at a 1-to-5 ratio, on the basis of sex and date of birth, to children without diabetes (n = 6,690). Case and control absenteeism were compared monthly, starting with 12 months prior to the type 1 diabetes diagnosis through 12 months after diagnosis.RESULTS: Before the diabetes diagnosis (7-12 months), the mean number of days absent from school per month was 0.93 (SD 1.78) among children with diabetes and 0.93 (1.82) among control children (difference -0.004 days, P = 0.94). From 4 months before the diagnosis, children who developed diabetes had a statistically significant increase in absenteeism compared with control children (difference 0.24 days, P < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS: Children who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes had increased school absenteeism 4 months before diagnosis.

U2 - 10.2337/dc20-0769

DO - 10.2337/dc20-0769

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 32900786

VL - 43

SP - 2886

EP - 2888

JO - Diabetes Care

JF - Diabetes Care

SN - 0149-5992

IS - 11

ER -