Latent Profile Analysis of Fear of Hypoglycemia in Middle-Aged and Elderly Hospitalized Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Its Relationship with Sleep Quality

Introduction: Hypoglycemia is an acute complication that can appear in people with type 2 diabetes treated with drugs which are associated with a risk of hypoglycemia, and it may lead to individual's fear of hypoglycemia (FoH). FoH adversely affects diabetic self-management, psychological well-...

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Published in:Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity metabolic syndrome and obesity, 2023-11, Vol.16, p.3641-3654
Main Authors: Xu, Junxian, Xiao, Suhong, Xie, Xiaoyun, Kang, Yunqin, Peng, Donghong, Lu, Yanhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Diabetes therapy
fear of hypoglycemia
Health care industry
Hospital patients
latent profile analysis
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
middle-aged and older adults
sleeping quality
Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:Introduction: Hypoglycemia is an acute complication that can appear in people with type 2 diabetes treated with drugs which are associated with a risk of hypoglycemia, and it may lead to individual's fear of hypoglycemia (FoH). FoH adversely affects diabetic self-management, psychological well-being, and quality of life, and it is associated with sleep quality. Nevertheless, this problem is often underestimated. The purpose of this study was to explore the heterogeneous characteristics of FoH in middle-aged and elderly hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes and assess its relationship with the sleeping quality. Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 263 middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized at the Zhejiang Veteran Hospital in Jiaxing, China, from May to August 2022, selected by a convenient sampling method. A questionnaire containing general information, fear of hypoglycemia scale-15 (FH-15) and the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) was provided to the participants. Latent profile analysis was performed to examine the potential latent groups in the distribution of answers on the individual FoH items. Results: The results identified three latent classes: Class 1 - Low FoH group (33%); Class 2 - No FoH group (61%); Class 3 - High FoH group (6%). The latent FoH class was the influencing factor of sleep quality, which was better in the No FoH group than in the Low FoH group, while the sleep quality of the Low FoH group was better than that in the High FoH group. Conclusion: A heterogeneity was found in the FoH of middle-aged and elderly hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes. Health-care providers should pay more attention to these patients with high FoH and develop intervention strategies to mitigate it and improve their sleep quality. Keywords: fear of hypoglycemia, sleeping quality, middle-aged and older adults, type 2 diabetes, latent profile analysis
ISSN:1178-7007
1178-7007
DOI:10.2147/DMSO.S431704