Objective:To assess the living-life status of type 1 diabetic children

and to find out the difference of quality of life(QOL)between school-age(7-12 years old)and adolescent(≥12 years old)who suffer from type 1 diabetes mellitus. Methods:Modified Diabetes Quality of Life for Youths scale was used to measure the QOL of children who participating in diabetes summer camp from 2012 to 2014. Glycated hemoglobin

height

weight

blood pressure and some other indexes were collected. All statistical analyses were performed with SAS 8.0 statistical software. Results:QOL score of the type 1 diabetic children was low(66.55±13.30).The QOL of school-age children was higher than that of adolescent(Peffect scale=0.019

Pworry scale=0.030

Psatisfaction scale=0.002

Pself-evaluation=0.000

Ptotal score=0.001). The satisfaction scale QOL of female diabetic patients was lower than that of male counterparts(Pschool-age=0.030

Padolescent=0.004). The self-evaluation QOL of adolescent female was lower than that of male counterparts(P=0.000). Conclusion:The QOL of diabetic adolescents is lower than that of school-age children. Especially

female adolescents suffer lower satisfaction scale QOL and self-evaluation QOL.