Renukuntla Venkat S, Hassan Krishnavathana, Wheat Suzanne, Heptulla Rubina A
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Pediatrics. 2009 Nov;124(5):e973-7. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-3648. Epub 2009 Oct 12.
The goal was to assess emergency preparedness among families caring for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
A total of 115 English-speaking families caring for children with type 1 diabetes mellitus who were attending the diabetes clinic at Texas Children's Hospital agreed to a questionnaire study designed to ascertain their level of preparedness for a disaster or emergency. The study was conducted from June through September 2008 and ended just before Hurricane Ike made landfall.
Families were better prepared for self-management of diabetes, compared with general disaster preparedness. Sixty-two percent of the families were generally unprepared for a major disaster. For self-management of diabetes specifically, however, 75% of families had adequate supplies to maintain care for 3 days. Families in higher and moderate socioeconomic status strata were better equipped for an emergency (P < .002). Preparedness was found to be independent of age, gender, ethnicity, and previous experience of a disaster.
Disaster preparedness still lags in families of lower socioeconomic status.
评估照顾1型糖尿病患儿家庭的应急准备情况。
共有115个说英语、在德克萨斯儿童医院糖尿病门诊照顾1型糖尿病患儿的家庭同意参与一项问卷调查研究，该研究旨在确定他们应对灾难或紧急情况的准备程度。研究于2008年6月至9月进行，在飓风艾克登陆前夕结束。
与一般灾难准备情况相比，家庭在糖尿病自我管理方面准备得更好。62%的家庭对重大灾难总体上没有做好准备。然而，具体到糖尿病自我管理方面，75%的家庭有足够的物资维持3天的护理。社会经济地位较高和中等阶层的家庭在应急方面准备更充分（P <.002）。研究发现，准备情况与年龄、性别、种族和以往的灾难经历无关。
社会经济地位较低家庭的灾难准备工作仍滞后。
