1027-P: Access to Telemedicine and the Number of Medical Visits Pre- and Post-Lockdown in Latin American Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Objective: To compare the number of medical visits during the 2020 lockdown with the previous two years (2018, 2019) and with post-lockdown (2021) in Latin American children with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) with and without telemedicine access. Methods: Children with T1DM in 2018 from three Latin American countries and at least one consultation in 2018 were consecutively recruited between February and November 2021. The number of medical visits and telemedicine access were extracted from their medical records. Results: 217 children (60.4% females) aged 13.1± 3.2 years with a duration of 6.1 ± 2.7 years of T1DM were evaluated. There was a higher prevalence of children with telemedicine access than those without (139 (64.1%) vs. 78 (35.9%) ; p