Perceived Knowledge and Confidence for Providing Youth-Specific Type 1 Diabetes Exercise Recommendations amongst Pediatric Diabetes Healthcare Professionals: An International, Cross-Sectional, Online Survey
Table 2
Overall survey results (n = 125 respondents).
Exercise recommendations (mins)
Exercise confidence
ISPAD familiarity
No (n = 61)
Yes (n = 63)
No (n = 34)
Yes (n = 91)
No (n = 57)
Yes (n = 68)
Sex
Male
13 (21.3%)
18 (28.6%)
7 (20.6%)
24 (26.4%)
13 (22.8%)
18 (26.5%)
Female
43 (78.7%)
44 (69.8%)
27 (79.4%)
66 (72.5%)
43 (75.4%)
50 (73.5%)
Prefer not to say
0 (0%)
1 (1.6%)
0 (0%)
1 (1.1%)
1 (1.8%)
0 (0%)
Age (years)
Mean (SD)
43 ± 9
44 ± 10
45 ± 9
44 ± 10
45 ± 9
43 ± 10
Median (IQR)
41 (26, 62)
42 (26, 70)
44 (26, 64)
41 (26, 70)
43 (28, 64)
42 (26, 70)
Continent
North America
15 (24.6%)
17 (27.0%)
14 (41.2%)
19 (20.9%)
15 (26.3%)
18 (26.5%)
Central & South America
8 (13.1%)
6 (9.5%)
1 (2.9%)
13 (14.3%)
3 (5.3%)
11 (16.2%)
Europe
32 (52.5%)
37 (58.7%)
18 (52.9%)
51 (56.0%)
35 (61.4%)
34 (50.0%)
Other
6 (9.8%)
3 (4.8%)
1 (2.9%)
8 (8.8%)
4 (7.0%)
5 (7.4%)
Years in practice
Mean (SD)
11 ± 7
12 ± 9
12 ± 9
11 ± 8
11 ± 8
12 ± 8
Median (IQR)
9 (1, 30)
10 (1, 35)
10 (1, 35)
9 (1, 35)
9 (1, 35)
10 (1, 35)
Missing data
1 (1.6%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
1 (1.1%)
0 (0%)
1 (1.5%)
HCP type
Doctor/Clinician
42 (68.9%)
49 (77.8%)
22 (64.7%)
69 (75.8%)
40 (70.2%)
51 (75.0%)
Nurse
8 (13.1%)
7 (11.1%)
4 (11.8%)
11 (12.1%)
6 (10.5%)
9 (13.2%)
Dietitian
7 (11.5%)
7 (11.1%)
5 (14.7%)
10 (11.0%)
8 (14.0%)
7 (10.3%)
Psychologist
4 (6.6%)
0 (0%)
3 (8.8%)
1 (1.1%)
3 (5.3%)
1 (1.5%)
Healthcare type
Public
37 (60.7%)
40 (63.5%)
19 (55.9%)
58 (63.7%)
37 (64.9%)
40 (58.8%)
Private
7 (11.5%)
7 (11.1%)
2 (5.9%)
12 (13.2%)
4 (7.0%)
10 (14.7%)
Both
17 (27.9%)
16 (25.4%)
13 (38.2%)
21 (23.1%)
16 (28.1%)
18 (26.5%)
# Patients seen monthly
<10
11 (18.0%)
5 (7.9%)
3 (8.8%)
13 (14.3%)
7 (12.3%)
9 (13.2%)
10–25
16 (26.2%)
12 (19.0%)
10 (29.4%)
19 (20.9%)
14 (24.6%)
15 (22.1%)
25–50
15 (24.6%)
24 (38.1%)
8 (23.5%)
31 (34.1%)
18 (31.6%)
21 (30.9%)
50–100
13 (21.3%)
17 (27.0%)
9 (26.5%)
21 (23.1%)
12 (21.1%)
18 (26.5%)
>100
6 (9.8%)
5 (7.9%)
4 (11.8%)
7 (7.7%)
6 (10.5%)
5 (7.4%)
HCP team size
0–10
47 (77.0%)
43 (68.3%)
20 (58.8%)
70 (76.9%)
39 (68.4%)
51 (75.0%)
11–20
9 (14.8%)
13 (20.6%)
8 (23.5%)
14 (15.4%)
10 (17.5%)
12 (17.6%)
30–50
5 (8.2%)
7 (11.1%)
6 (17.6%)
7 (7.7%)
8 (14.0%)
5 (7.4%)
Data reported as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range). A) Exercise recommendations: minutes of exercise that healthcare professionals (HCP) recommend to patients during the clinic. B) Exercise confidence: the confidence of HCP to deliver education about exercise and type 1 diabetes. C) ISPAD familiarity: familiarity that HCP has with ISPAD clinical consensus guidelines 2018: exercise in children and adolescents with diabetes.
