Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-cjp7w Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-06-20T17:09:01.622Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Psychological and clinical factors associated with emotional distress related to type 2 diabetes mellitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

Z. Stankovic
Affiliation:
Clinical centre of Serbia, clinic for psychiatry, Belgrade, Serbia
K. Lalic
Affiliation:
Clinical centre of Serbia, school of medicine, university in Belgrade, institute for endocrinology, diabetes and diseases of metabolism, Belgrade, Serbia
M. Jasovic
Affiliation:
Serbian medical society, academy of medical sciences, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Introduction

Stress and coping with diabetes can affect the severity of disease directly, through pathophysiological processes or indirectly, through the patient's own perception of disease by deteriorating adherence to therapy and daily functioning.

Objectives

To investigate emotional distress related to T2DM according to demographic, clinical, psychological, metabolic and anthropometric characteristics.

Methods

Eighty-two in- and outpatients of both sexes (<65 years) with endocrinologist-diagnosed T2DM, duration ≥5 years, treated with either oral therapy, insulin or both, were included in this cross-sectional study. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was employed for assessment of severity of depressive symptoms. The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) was used for assessment of cognitive status. The Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) (subscale related to emotional problems associated with T2DM) was applied for assessment of emotional distress. Clinical characteristics of the illness were obtained from medical records. Laboratory and anthropometric measures (Body mass index, Waist circumference) were also performed. The level of significance in statistical analyses (Student's t-test, Pearson's correlation) was P = 0.05.

Results

The PAID (emotional distress) subscore was significantly higher in patients with psychiatric heredity (P = 0.028) in relation to these without (Student's t-test). Considerable positive correlation between PAID subscore and BDI score (r = 0.588) (P = 0.000), and negative correlation between PAID subscore and MMSE score (r = −0.201) (P = 0.050) were also found (Pearson's correlation).

Conclusions

Psychological factors: psychiatric heredity, higher intensity of depression and poor cognitive functioning were significantly associated with emotional distress related to the illness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Walk: Consultation liaison psychiatry and psychosomatics - Part 2
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
Submit a response

Comments

No Comments have been published for this article.