background: we explored the level of jordanian patients' knowledge, diabetes related distress, self-management activities and these effects on the a1c level. methodology: this descriptive cross-sectional correlational design (conducted in 2013) was utilized to recruit 289 diabetic patients from outpatient diabetes clinics, using self-reported questionnaires (diabetes knowledge test, diabetes di...

objective: type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic and progressive disease that has reached the epidemic level around the world. in malaysia, according to the third national health and morbidity survey (2006), the prevalence of diabetes has increased to 14.9% from 8.3% in 1996. co-morbid psychological factors such as depression, anxiety, and stress have been shown to be high among type 2 diabetic...

Background: Diabetes is a chronic and progressive metabolic disease with profound effects on mental health. Objectives: This study aimed to determine diabetic distress status and its relationship with some demographic characteristics and clinical outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: This study was part of a larger study on psychological adjustment and diabetic distress. Data we...

Objective: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic and progressive disease that has reached the epidemic level around the world. In Malaysia, according to the third National Health and Morbidity Survey (2006), the prevalence of diabetes has increased to 14.9% from 8.3% in 1996. Co-morbid psychological factors such as depression, anxiety, and stress have been shown to be high among type 2 diabetic...

OBJECTIVE Diabetes-specific distress is an important psychological issue in people with diabetes. The neighborhood environment has the potential to be an important factor for diabetes distress. This study investigates the associations between neighborhood characteristics and diabetes distress in adults with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We used cross-sectional data from a community-based sample of...

BACKGROUND Diabetes distress is common among people with type 1 diabetes, but knowledge is scarce regarding the perceived burden of reconciling work with this disease. This cross-sectional study investigated work-related diabetes distress among Finnish workers with type 1 diabetes. METHODS A questionnaire was mailed to 2500 randomly sampled 18- to 65-year-old Finns with type 1 diabetes; 49.3 ...

W e read with interest the recent article by Fisher et al. (1) that concluded that subthreshold depression could be regarded as a proxy marker of diabetes-related distress rather than a proxy marker of clinical depression. Fisher et al. support their conclusion by referring to two key findings of their study. Their first finding was a markedly higher correlation between diabetes-related distres...

AIMS To investigate the relationship between diabetes duration and diabetes-related distress and to examine the impact of micro- and macrovascular complications and blood glucose-lowering treatment on this relationship. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study in people with Type 2 diabetes who participated in the Dutch Diacourse study (n = 590) and completed the Problem Areas in Diabetes...

AIM To examine whether diabetes-specific emotional distress was related to follow-up glycaemic control in adults with Type 1 diabetes mellitus. METHODS Adults with Type 1 diabetes mellitus completed the Diabetes Distress Scale and reported sociodemographic information when attending a clinical consultation at a university endocrinology unit. Blood samples to determine baseline HbA1c were take...