Jeerunda SantiprabhobSupawadee LikitmaskulApiradee SriwijitkamolThavatchai PeerapatditPairunyar SawathiparnichWannee NitiyanantKitti AngsusinghaChanika TuchindaSunthorn TandhanandMahidol University2018-06-212018-06-212005-08-01Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.88, No.SUPPL. 8 (2005)01252208012522082-s2.0-31744434084https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/16889Diabetes Education Program, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital has provided summer camps for Thai children with type 1 diabetes since 1990. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the diabetes camp in glycemic control. Twenty male and forty-two female patients participated in the 5-day diabetes camp held in Karnchanaburi, Thailand in 2003. The mean age was 14.1 ± 4.3 years and the mean duration of disease was 4.5 ± 3.5 years. Fifty out of sixty-two patients returned for a 3-month-postcamp visit. The glycemic control improved significantly. The mean precamp and postcamp HbA1c levels were 10.0 ± 3.1% and 9.0 ± 2.6% (p = 0.008) respectively. The diabetes camp is a valuable program for patients to learn diabetes-self management skills, especially in countries where the diabetes education programs are not always available.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS