COVID-19-specific diabetes worries amongst diabetic patients: The role of social support and other co-variates,Primary Care Diabetes

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COVID-19-specific diabetes worries amongst diabetic patients: The role of social support and other co-variates
Primary Care Diabetes ( IF 2.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-25 , DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2021.06.009
Md Safaet Hossain Sujan ₁ , Rafia Tasnim ₁ , Md Saiful Islam ₁ , Most Zannatul Ferdous ₂ , Md Abdur Rahman Apu ₃ , Md Miftah Musfique ₃ , Shahina Pardhan ₄

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Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every individual’s life. It has been shown that mortality in people with underlying diseases including diabetes has been very high. The present study aimed to measure diabetes related worries (outcome) and their associations with social support and lifestyle (exposures) amongst people with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

An online cross-sectional survey was completed by 928 respondents (>18 years) between 15-11-2020 and 12-12-2020. The questionnaire comprised four sections: socio-demographic details, diabetic-related worries, social support, and behavioral changes due to COVID-19. Descriptive statistics, correlations and hierarchical regression analysis were performed in the study.

Results

Data from 928 respondents (51.61% male; mean age = 52.48 [SD = 11.76]; age range = 18–86 years) were analyzed. The mean score for COVID-19 specific diabetes worries was 3.13 out of 8. Hierarchical regression analysis showed that the mean COVID-19-specific diabetes worries score was significantly associated with lower age, cigarette smoking, perceived poor health status, presence of other diabetic complications. Lack of social support from family, friends, work colleagues and diabetes care team and also eating more than usual were also significantly associated with COVID-19 specific diabetes worry.

Conclusions

Diabetes related worries were strongly associated with a lack of social support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest the need of social support as well as improving knowledge and guidelines is important for people with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

中文翻译：

糖尿病患者对 COVID-19 特定糖尿病的担忧：社会支持和其他协变量的作用

背景

COVID-19 大流行影响了每个人的生活。已经表明，患有包括糖尿病在内的基础疾病的人的死亡率非常高。本研究旨在衡量 COVID-19 大流行期间糖尿病患者的糖尿病相关担忧（结果）及其与社会支持和生活方式（暴露）的关联。

方法

928 名受访者（>18 岁）在 15-11-2020 和 12-12-2020 之间完成了一项在线横断面调查。问卷包括四个部分：社会人口详细信息、与糖尿病相关的担忧、社会支持和 COVID-19 引起的行为改变。在研究中进行了描述性统计、相关性和层次回归分析。

结果

分析了 928 名受访者（51.61% 男性；平均年龄 = 52.48 [SD = 11.76]；年龄范围 = 18-86 岁）的数据。COVID-19 特定糖尿病担忧的平均得分为 3.13（满分 8 分）。分层回归分析表明，COVID-19 特定糖尿病担忧的平均得分与年龄较低、吸烟、健康状况不佳、存在其他糖尿病显着相关并发症。缺乏来自家人、朋友、同事和糖尿病护理团队的社会支持以及比平时吃得更多也与 COVID-19 特定的糖尿病担忧显着相关。