Research Article

The Empowerment of Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Is Associated with Their Executive Functions

Table 2

Comparison of executive functions between adolescents with and without T1DM. All differences were not statistically significant (p > 0.05).

Scale / IndexComparison groupAdolescents with type 1 diabetes

Inhibit56.4 ± 10.158.0 ± 10.5

Shift54.6 ± 10.554.5 ± 11.0

Emotional control58.4 ± 10.960.5 ± 11.9

Monitor53.3 ± 9.953.9 ± 10.4

Behaviour regulation index BRI57.4 ± 10.558.9 ± 10.8

Working memory54.5 ± 9.456.3 ± 10.8

Plan organize51.9 ± 9.853.4 ± 11.7

Organisation of materials50.7 ± 9.553.8 ± 11.2

Task completion53.0 ± 10.055.1 ± 9.9

Metacognition index MI53.1 ± 9.155.5 ± 10.7

GEC (BRI+MI)55.7 ± 9.557.7 ± 10.8

Subscale

Behavioural shift55.9 ± 10.855.0 ± 11.3

Cognitive shift52.3 ± 10.853.6 ± 11.5