- Title
- Screening practices for disordered eating in paediatric type 1 diabetes clinics
- Creator
- Burden, Emma Hanley; Hart, Melissa; Pursey, Kirrilly; Howley, Peter P.; Smith, Tenele A.; Smart, Carmel E.
- Relation
- Nutrients Vol. 13, Issue 11, no. 4187
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13114187
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Background: Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is associated with increased risk of eating disorders. This study aimed to (1) assess adherence of Australasian paediatric T1D clinics to international guidelines on screening for disordered eating and (2) identify barriers and enablers to the use of screening tools for the identification of disordered eating. Methods: A 24-item survey covering five content domains: clinic characteristics, identification of disordered eating, screening tool use, training and competence, and pathways for referral, was sent to Australasian clinics caring for =150 children and adolescents with T1D. Results: Of 13 eligible clinics, 10 participated. Two reported rates of disordered eating of >20%, while eight reported rates < 5%. All clinics used the routine clinical interview as the primary method of screening for disordered eating. Only one used screening tools; these were not diabetes-specific or routinely used. Barriers to use of screening tools included shortage of time and lack of staff confidence around use (n = 7, 70%). Enablers included staff training in disordered eating. Conclusions: Screening tools for disordered eating are not utilised by most Australasian paediatric T1D clinics. Overall, low reported rates of disordered eating suggest that it may be undetected, potentially missing an opportunity for early intervention.
- Subject
- type 1 diabetes mellitus; feeding and eating disorders; early intervention; adolescents; pediatrics; screening; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1433752
- Identifier
- uon:39347
- Identifier
- ISSN:2072-6643
- Rights
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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