The ADRIFT study - Assessing Diabetes Distress and its associated factors in the Pakistani population

To assess diabetes distress and its associated factors in Pakistani population.. The cross-sectional study was conducted at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from July to December 2017, and comprised patients of diabetes type 2. After noting down demographic and clinical p...

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Published in:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2018-11, Vol.68 (11), p.1590-1596
Main Authors: Arif, Mohammad Ali, Syed, Fibhaa, Javed, Muhammad Usman, Arif, Saba Ali, Hyder, Gul-E-Lala
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Diabetes mellitus
Diagnosis
Patient compliance
Physicians
Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:To assess diabetes distress and its associated factors in Pakistani population.. The cross-sectional study was conducted at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from July to December 2017, and comprised patients of diabetes type 2. After noting down demographic and clinical parameters, diabetes distress of the subjects was measured by applying the 17-item diabetes distress scale which also assesses sub domains like emotional burden, physicianrelated distress, regimen-related distress and interpersonal distress. SPSS 20 was used to analyse data. There were 349 subjects with a mean age of 53.14±11.77 years, mean diabetes duration of 8.36±6.64 years and a mean glycated haemoglobin value of 9.05±1.93%. Mean overall diabetes distress score was 2.55±0.75, signifying moderate distress. Overall, prevalence of diabetes distress was found among 266(76.2%) subjects;164(47%) moderate and 102(29.2%) high level distress. Emotional burden was most substantially elevated, with 296(84.8%) patients reporting moderate to high levels. Total diabetes distress was significantly related to demographic background (p
ISSN:0030-9982