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The association between diabetes‐related distress and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross‐sectional descriptive study.
- Source :
- Nursing Open; Jul2021, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p1668-1677, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Aim: The study aimed to explore the association between diabetes‐related distress as a dependent variable and fear of hypoglycaemia as a independent variable in Chinese individuals with type 2 diabetes, which can provide a basis for the development of effective nursing interventions. Design: A cross‐sectional descriptive study. Methods: Pre‐piloted scales were used to determine whether they experienced fear of hypoglycaemia and whether this impacted upon their management of the disease. From June–October 2019, participants were asked to complete the "hypoglycaemia fear survey" and "diabetes distress scales" to assess levels of fear and distress. Stepwise multivariate regression analysis was applied to reveal relationship between distress as a dependent variable and fear as a independent variable. Covariates included demographic, clinical or lifestyle factors. Results: A total of 258 participants were recruited for the survey, and they were characterized by little or no distress (39.53%), moderate distress (45.35%) and high distress (15.12%). The prevalence of moderate to severe distress in patients was 60.47%. Increased diabetes‐related distress was strongly correlated with increased fear of hypoglycaemia and closely associated with the scores of the worry and behaviour subscales. These results indicated that 62.3% of diabetes‐related distress may be explained by fear of hypoglycaemia. Conclusion: Increased diabetes‐related distress is associated with increased fear of hypoglycaemia in individuals with type 2 diabetes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RESEARCH
CLUSTER sampling
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
STATISTICS
RESEARCH evaluation
ANALYSIS of variance
CONFIDENCE intervals
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH methodology
SELF-evaluation
FEAR
TERTIARY care
FISHER exact test
REGRESSION analysis
ACQUISITION of data
TYPE 2 diabetes
CRONBACH'S alpha
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
HYPOGLYCEMIA
SYMPTOMS
PUBLIC hospitals
SOUND recordings
QUESTIONNAIRES
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
MEDICAL records
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
STATISTICAL correlation
STATISTICAL sampling
DATA analysis software
DATA analysis
PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
PEOPLE with diabetes
NURSING interventions
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20541058
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Nursing Open
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150774531
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.800