title: [Analysis of knowledge, habits and skills in a diabetic population childhood: nursing intervention].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Large researches have tried to verify the efficiency of the educational intervention in patients suffering from type 1 diabetes (T1D).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Analyzing the initial knowledge about diet habits and physical exercise, confirming a possible improvement of the level of this knowledge after the educational intervention and verifying the acquisition of skills related to self-analysis and self-injection.
  
  
  METHODS
  32 subjects with T1D, from 4 to 14 years old in Melilla were included. The knowledge about diet and physical exercise were analyzed using a questionnaire. Diet habits were evaluated using the KrecePlus questionnaire. An educational intervention was offered and that knowledge was analysed again, as well as the skills acquired about self-analysis and self-injection with a new questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the intervention, the knowledge about diet and physical exercise significantly improved (p < 0,0001). The results also showed an improvement in diet habits and physical exercise. The study of self-analysis and self-injection skills evidenced that the subjects were independent in the processes of blood glucose self-analysis and insulin self-injection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An educational intervention developed by a nurse is an effective procedure to improve and increase the knowledge about diet, physical exercise and about the disease in diabetic type 1 diabetic, as well as an incentive to acquire healthy habits about diet and physical exercise.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Enfermería (Campus de Melilla). Universidad de Granada.. silnado@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Navarro Parado
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Granada.. emigoji@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González-Jiménez
authors.affiliation: Enfermera Terapeuta en Diabetes. INGESA.. leticiayus@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Leticia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yus López
authors.affiliation: Enfermera del Trabajo.. mitg@correo.ugr.es.
authors.forename: María Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Tovar Gálvez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales (Campus de Melilla). Universidad de Granada. España.. mmontero@ugr.es.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Montero-Alonso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires