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Associations between continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) metrics and psycholinguistic measures: a correlational study.
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Acta diabetologica [Acta Diabetol] 2024 Jul; Vol. 61 (7), pp. 841-845. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 16. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Aim: Recently, the relationship between diabetes and mental health has been widely studied. With the advent of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), some researchers have been interested in exploring the association between glucose-related metrics and psychological aspects. These studies have primarily relied on self-report questionnaires which present some limitations. Therefore, the present multicenter study aims at testing potential associations between CGM metrics and affective processes derived from narratives about using a CGM sensor.<br />Methods: An exploratory correlational design was used. Fifty-eight adults with type 1 diabetes using CGM were enrolled and invited to complete an online survey, where they replied to an open-ended question regarding their personal experience with the CGM sensor. Texts derived from the answers were analyzed through Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, a widely used text analysis tool that can automatically identify and quantify linguistic patterns related to various psychological dimensions. Psycholinguistic measures were correlated with CGM metrics.<br />Results: Higher levels of sadness/depression correlated with lower %TIR (r = - 339; p < .01) and higher %TAR (r = .342; p < .01).<br />Conclusions: The study highlights the relationship between CGM metrics and psychological variables derived from patients' narratives. In particular, it is possible to hypothesize a positive role of %TIR in reducing depressive feelings in individuals with diabetes, as well as a negative role of depressive feelings in achieving desirable CGM outcomes. Additionally, there is a potential role of glycemic variability, particularly hyperglycemia, in the expression of depressive and sad feelings, which has been less studied compared to the effects of hypoglycemia.<br /> (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- Humans
Female
Male
Adult
Middle Aged
Psycholinguistics
Depression diagnosis
Depression psychology
Depression blood
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring psychology
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring instrumentation
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 psychology
Blood Glucose analysis
Blood Glucose metabolism
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1432-5233
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Acta diabetologica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38492044
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-024-02244-x