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The impact of type D personality on the quality of life and on microangiopathic and macroangiopathic complications in outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

V.R. Enatescu ,
I. Papava ,
R.S. Romosan ,
A. Grozavu ,
V. Enatescu ,
I. Enatescu  and
L. Diaconu
V.R. Enatescu
Affiliation:
“Victor Babes” university of medicine and pharmacy Timisoara, psychiatry, Timisoara, Romania
I. Papava
Affiliation:
“Victor Babes” university of medicine and pharmacy Timisoara, psychiatry, Timisoara, Romania
R.S. Romosan
Affiliation:
“Victor Babes” university of medicine and pharmacy Timisoara, psychiatry, Timisoara, Romania
A. Grozavu
Affiliation:
“Victor Babes” university of medicine and pharmacy Timisoara, psychiatry, Timisoara, Romania
V. Enatescu
Affiliation:
“West Medica Clinic” Satu Mare, psychiatric Ambulatory, Satu Mare, Romania
I. Enatescu
Affiliation:
“Victor Babes” university of medicine and pharmacy Timisoara, discipline of Child Care and Neonatology, Timisoara, Romania
L. Diaconu
Affiliation:
“Victor Babes” university of medicine and pharmacy Timisoara, Internal Medicine III, Timisoara, Romania

Abstract

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Introduction

In 2015, the worldwide point prevalence for diabetes mellitus was 8.8%. Type D personality was found as being more prevalent in type 2 diabetes than in the general population.

Objectives

We aimed to reveal the frequency of type D personality and to analyze the impact of type D personality on both quality of life and angiopathic complications, in patients with type 2 diabetes from our region.

Methods

A cross-sectional research was performed on 79 outpatients that were monitored for diabetes mellitus at Timisoara diabetes, nutrition and metabolic diseases clinic. Type D personality was assessed with the DS-14 scale. Quality of life was quantified by using the Q-LES-Q-SF scale (Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire-Short Form). The angiopathic complications were abstracted from medical records.

Results

Type D personality was present in 38 subjects with diabetes mellitus (48.10%). Compared to those without type D personality, patients with type D personality and diabetes had significant lower mean scores for the following domains of the Q-LES-Q-SF scale: social relationships (P < 0.001), daily life function (P = 0.027), sexual activity (P = 0.005), to get around physically (P < 0.001), work or hobbies (P = 0.008) and raw score (P = 0.003). Type D personality did not make any difference regarding micro and macroangiopathic complications of type 2 diabetes patients.

Conclusions

Type D personality, a highly frequent entity, did not make the difference with respect to diabetic complications; however, it may interfere significantly with several facets of the quality of life of these patients. These results should be taken into account for an interdisciplinary approach to these patients.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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e-Poster viewing: Consultation liaison psychiatry and psychosomatics
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European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S491 - S492
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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