DISCUSSION
T1DM, RCC, diabetes
COMPLICATIONS, RCC, DIABETES
The findings showed that the SCC simple, individualized tool for carbohydrate counting was non‐inferior to the standard method of RCC. The SCC tool was more effective among participants aged 40 and older, while no differences were found when comparing participants above and below 12 school years. However, significant improvement in A1C level was observed in all participants. Participants in both RCC and SCC groups who were diagnosed with diabetes within the previous 5 years exhibited significantly greater improvement in A1C level, compared to participants with diabetes of longer duration.The SCC method presented in our study was developed in order to overcome difficulties and barriers that the diabetes clinic patients encountered in implementing CC, as described in several studies. Kawamura et alWhile past experience in CC was important, some foods, such as rice, were hard to estimate even by experienced participants. In the qualitative study of Gürkan et alIn this study, we present an option to overcome some of the barriers described in the above studies. Through personalization, flexibility, and a departure from a restrictive diet paradigm, SCC affords persons with diabetes an opportunity to continue eating their usual diet, including the customary dishes of their culture, and to go on with their life‐long social dining habits.The study showed superiority in reaching glycaemic control in participants older than age 40 who used the SCC method, compared to those in the RCC group. Treating older patients with T1DM is complicated by the combined challenges of insulin‐dependent diabetes, age‐related complications, and possible comorbidities, all of which negatively affect the older population's ability to self‐manage diabetes.Contrary to these findings, the study demonstrates that SCC was non‐inferior in people with various levels of education. In a cross‐sectional multicentre study of 768 subjects under age 18 with T1DM, Gesuita et alRecently diagnosed participants in both RCC and SCC groups showed the greatest benefit in improving glycaemic control. This may be explained in two possible ways, one psychological and one physiological. When first diagnosed, many patients are highly motivated to do well. In addition, in the early period after diagnosis, sometimes called the ‘honeymoon period,’ the pancreas seems to do better and secretes more insulin, although this phenomenon decreases with time and differs with each patient.All participants exhibited significant decreases in their PAID5 scores. Studies have shown