French Version of the Scales of Fear of Hypoglycaemia in Children With Type 1 Diabetes and Their Parents
French Version of the Scales of Fear of Hypoglycaemia in Children With Type 1 Diabetes and Their Parents
Type 1 diabetes usually appears brutally in children or young adults. While many factors of
 poor glycemic balance have been identified in the literature (age, socio-cultural and
 socio-economic level, family structure, adherence etc.), it turns out that hypoglycemia is
 the most common acute complications. It would be an important physiological and psychological
 barrier for the patient and his parents to manage this diabetes, the latter seeking to keep
 the blood glucose levels above the objectives in order to avoid the occurrence of a
 hypoglycemia, especially nocturnal.

 If there is a questionnaire currently validated as a tool to measure the fear of hypoglycemia
 (HFS, Hypoglycemia Fear Survey is available in three versions: L'HFS-Child (HFS-C) for
 children over 6 years old, HFS-Parents of Young children ( HFS-PYC) for parents of young
 children (under 8 years of age) and HFS-Parents (HFS-P)) for parents of children over 8 years
 of age, on the other hand, there are no French and no French studies have evaluated the
 prevalence and impact of the fear of hypoglycemia in French patients with type 1 diabetes.

 It is therefore essential to use a reliable and valid tool to identify patients affected by
 the fear of hypoglycemia, which can be an obstacle to improve glycemic control and to an
 optimum quality of life. Having a tool in French and validated on the scientific level would
 allow to propose adapted therapeutic treatments (psychological follow-up, individual or
 collective sessions of therapeutic education, material assistance (sensor of blood glucose,
 pump with insulin stop...) In order to both improve metabolic balance while increasing the
 quality of life of patients by lowering secondary anxiety to hypoglycemia
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Age between 2 and 18 years

 -  Type 1 diabetes defined by an hyperglycemia higher than 2g/l, polyuria, polydipsia and
 positive antibody

 -  insulin-treated type 2 diabetes by daily injections or insulin pump

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Trouble to read

 -  Trouble to understand

 -  Trouble to answer to the questionnaire

 -  Opposition.