摘要：AbstractAim of our study was the influence of psychological factors on metabolic control in adolescents with diabetes mellitus. We compared patients with good and poor metabolic control, according to their coping strategies, psychopathologic characteristics, differences in the dosage of insulin required for good metabolic control, the way they structure their time, as well as demographic characteristics of the patients with diabetes mellitus. Study included 77 adolescents with diabetes mellitus type I, aged 11-18 years, who were divided in two groups according to the level of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). The data were gathered through questionnaires Brief COPE, CDI, CBCL as well as YSR. Adolescents with good metabolic control in our study had more problems with anxiety (the level of concern), and less problems with ADHD. The differences in the way patients from two groups structure their time were not found.
