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Sociodemographic variations in childhood diabetes incidence, mortality and disability across countries
  1. Marion Waite1,
  2. Diana Yardley2
  1. 1Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
  2. 2Oxford Children's Diabetes team, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust / Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Marion Waite, Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0FL, UK; mwaite{at}brookes.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103820

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    Commentary on: Zhang K, Kan C, Han F, Zhang J, Ding C, Guo Z, Huang N, Zhang Y, Hou N, Sun X. Global, Regional, and National Epidemiology of Diabetes in Children From 1990 to 2019. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Aug 1;177(8):837–846. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.2029.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Increasing awareness of childhood diabetes among healthcare professionals can aid disadvantaged areas.

    • A diabetes classification system and studies on the impact of suboptimal and environmental temperatures on mortality in children are needed.

    Context

    Childhood diabetes carries a physiological and psychological burden for families. The continuous care demands and lasting consequences make it a significant public health issue. Zhang et al1 assessed the worldwide epidemiology of childhood diabetes. By analysing data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study,1 they investigated the changing patterns of childhood diabetes. They studied how diabetes …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.