Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlations of COVID-19-Related Worries in People with Diabetes Mellitus Seeking Services from East Indian Tertiary Care Center : A Cross-Sectional Survey Results

Context: Patients with diabetes are more prone to psychosocial problems which are known to adversely impact clinical outcomes of diabetes. COVID-19 is understood to further worsen the psychosocial problems of patients with diabetes.

Aims: We carried out this cross-sectional telephonic survey of COVID-19-related worries in patients with diabetes mellitus to understand the prevalence and correlates of COVID-19-related worries.

Settings and Design: This was a telephonic survey of patients seeking care from noncommunicable disease clinic of a tertiary care medical center.

Subjects and Methods: We used a structured questionnaire to assess sociodemographic, clinical, psychological variables and COVID-19-related worries.

Statistical Analysis Used: We used SPSS 20.0 for descriptive statistics keeping significance levels at 0.05. Between-group comparisons of continuous variables were made with independent t-test and two-way ANOVA; correlations were carried out with Pearson correlation test.

Results: Two hundred and nine patients completed the telephonic survey conducted from September to November 2020. The prevalence of diabetes-related worries in our sample was 80%. Younger age (P < 0.001), unemployment (P = 0.029), and the presence of mental disorder (P < 0.001) were associated with higher diabetes-related worries. Poor glycemic control (0.008) and symptoms of COVID-19 (0.03) were associated with diabetes-related worries. Diabetes-related worries correlated with diabetes distress (ρ =0.441, P < 0.001), social isolation (ρ =0.401, P < 0.001), and perception of social support (ρ = -0.158, P < 0.001).

Conclusions: A large proportion of our patients with diabetes are at high risk to experience COVID-19-related worries especially, younger people, unemployed and those with mental illness. Furthermore, the presence of diabetes distress and the perception of social isolation increase COVID-19 worries.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Current medical issues - 19(2021), 3 vom: 04. Juli, Seite 157-161

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Patra, Suravi [VerfasserIn]
Acharya, Swati Priyadarshini [VerfasserIn]
Taywade, Manish [VerfasserIn]
Bandyopadhyay, Debapriya [VerfasserIn]
Patro, Binod Kumar [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
Journal Article
Psychosocial impact
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Worries

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Date Revised 31.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.4103/cmi.cmi_39_21

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358603196