Abstract
Children, adolescents and young adults with Type 1 diabetes mellitus need to be screened for chronic complications and associated (autoimmune) diseases. There are no Dutch national guidelines for screening available but the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) gives recommendations in its guidelines. The ISPAD guidelines from 2014 were updated in 2018. The adherence of the Dutch pediatric diabetes clinics to the international guidelines as stated by the ISPAD. A questionnaire about screening method and frequency was send to all members of the Dutch national committee for pediatric diabetes. The screening policies of the pediatric diabetes clinics were compared to the ISPAD guidelines of 2014 and 2018. Sixty-two percent of all diabetes clinics filled out the questionnaire. None of the diabetes clinics followed all recommendations of the ISPAD. The majority of the clinics had a higher frequency of screening, performed extra blood tests and did not personalize their policy to the individual patient. Approximately one third of the diabetes clinics still commenced screening for chronic complications at the age of 10 years, as recommended in the previous version of the ISPAD guideline. Dutch pediatric diabetes clinics screen their patients on chronic complications and associated conditions very differently and not according to the international (and most recent) guidelines. A more individualized approach with respect to the newest ISPAD guidelines will diminish the burden for the patient and medical costs as well.
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