Breaking the Taboo: Illicit Drug Use among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 4

Prevalence of illicit drug use in young people with type 1 diabetes.

Authors [reference]	Year of publication	Country	Subjects (age)	Prevalence of drug use (%)	Methodology
Gold and Gladstein [11]	1993	USA	79 (11-12)	9%	Anonymous self-administered questionnaire, summer camps
Glasgow et al. [10]	1991	USA	101 (12–20)	25%	Anonymous self-administered questionnaire with verification by urine drug screening
Frey et al. [14]	1997	USA	155 (10–20)	10%	A descriptive cross-sectional design, self-report on routine clinic visit
Martínez-Aguayo et al. [12]	2007	Chile	193 (13–20)	10%	Anonymous self-administered questionnaire, diabetes summer camps
Ng et al. [13]	2004	UK	158 (16–30)	29%	Anonymous self-reported postal questionnaire
Lee et al. [3]	2012	Australia	506 (13–44)	77%	Radio broadcast/hospital advertising
Scaramuzza et al. [2]	2010	Italy	215 (12–16)	39,5% cannabis, 3,25% other drugs	Anonymous self-administered questionnaire, diabetes camps