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Article

Attitudes and Perceptions of School Teachers in Melilla Regarding the Care Provided to Students with Type 1 Diabetes

by
Trinidad Luque-Vara
1,
Elisabet Fernández-Gómez
1,
Marta Linares-Manrique
2,*,
Silvia Navarro-Prado
1,
María Angustias Sánchez-Ojeda
1 and
Carmen Enrique-Mirón
3
1
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Melilla Campus, University of Granada, Calle Santander s/n, 52001 Melilla, Spain
2
SEJ-658 Laboratory for Cognition, Department of Nursing, Health, Training and Interaction among Humans, Animals and Machines, Faculty of Health Sciences, Melilla Campus, University of Granada, Calle Santander s/n, 52001 Melilla, Spain
3
HUM-613 Research Group, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Melilla Campus, University of Granada, Calle Santander s/n, 52001 Melilla, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Children 2021, 8(12), 1137; https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121137
Submission received: 12 October 2021 / Revised: 30 November 2021 / Accepted: 3 December 2021 / Published: 5 December 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Type 1 Diabetes in Children: Clinical Advances and Future Challenges)
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Abstract

The main objective of the study was to assess the perception of non-university teachers in the city of Melilla to help students with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), as well as their attitudes towards helping these students in diabetic emergencies. This observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study analyzed the answers given by 441 teachers from 25 public institutions in the city of Melilla to a survey on the attitude and perception regarding the capacity of educational institutions (16 questions) to help and manage students with T1DM. Out of 47.6% of teachers who represent having had students with TIDM, only 4.8% acknowledged having been trained in diabetes. The percentage that has experienced a hypoglycaemia episode at the institution was 29.9%. More than half of participants acknowledged that their educational institution is not prepared to manage diabetic emergencies. Only 5.7% stated their institutions have glucagon in their first-aid kit and less than half of participants (44.7%) would be willing to administer it if necessary. Teachers of educational institutions believe they have not been particularly trained in the care of students living with T1DM and point out that their educational institutions are not prepared to help in diabetic emergencies.
Keywords: type 1 diabetes; quality of life; prevention; schools; hypoglycaemia type 1 diabetes; quality of life; prevention; schools; hypoglycaemia

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Luque-Vara, T.; Fernández-Gómez, E.; Linares-Manrique, M.; Navarro-Prado, S.; Sánchez-Ojeda, M.A.; Enrique-Mirón, C. Attitudes and Perceptions of School Teachers in Melilla Regarding the Care Provided to Students with Type 1 Diabetes. Children 2021, 8, 1137. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121137

AMA Style

Luque-Vara T, Fernández-Gómez E, Linares-Manrique M, Navarro-Prado S, Sánchez-Ojeda MA, Enrique-Mirón C. Attitudes and Perceptions of School Teachers in Melilla Regarding the Care Provided to Students with Type 1 Diabetes. Children. 2021; 8(12):1137. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121137

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Luque-Vara, Trinidad, Elisabet Fernández-Gómez, Marta Linares-Manrique, Silvia Navarro-Prado, María Angustias Sánchez-Ojeda, and Carmen Enrique-Mirón. 2021. "Attitudes and Perceptions of School Teachers in Melilla Regarding the Care Provided to Students with Type 1 Diabetes" Children 8, no. 12: 1137. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121137

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Luque-Vara, T., Fernández-Gómez, E., Linares-Manrique, M., Navarro-Prado, S., Sánchez-Ojeda, M. A., & Enrique-Mirón, C. (2021). Attitudes and Perceptions of School Teachers in Melilla Regarding the Care Provided to Students with Type 1 Diabetes. Children, 8(12), 1137. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8121137

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