Challenges of emerging adulthood-transition from paediatric to adult diabetes

Table 1 Changes in the HbA1c during the transition through the joint transition clinics and the young adult clinics (n = 65)

	Joint transition clinic	Young adult clinic
Mean entry age (yr)	17.1	18.5
Number of patients per clinic	2.9	2.7
Mean change HbA1c (DCCT HbA1c %)	0.1	0.2
Mean HbA1c entry (DCCT HbA1c %)	9.8	9.7
Mean HbA1c exit (DCCT HbA1c %)	9.7	9.8
Proportion with > 1% HbA1C (DCCT) improvement	25%	19%
Proportion with improvement in HbA1c	49%	50%

DCCT: Diabetes control and complications trial.

Table 2 Impact of the telephonic service on the non-attendance rates in the young adult diabetes clinics

Non-attendance rates	Before telephonic intervention (6 clinics)	With telephonic intervention (15 clinics)
Overall non-attendance rate (%)	41	15
New patient (%)	47	8
Follow up patients (%)	30	19