Evaluation of perceived fears of COVID-19 virus infection and its relationship to health-related quality of life among patients with diabetes mellitus in Egypt during pandemic: a developing country single-center study.

Autor: Abdelghani M; Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, PO Box 44519, Zagazig, Egypt.; Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA., Hamed MG; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt., Said A; Department of Anesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, College of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt., Fouad E; Psychiatry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, PO Box 44519, Zagazig, Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Diabetology international [Diabetol Int] 2021 May 12; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 108-116. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 12 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1007/s13340-021-00511-8
Abstrakt: Aims/introduction: COVID-19 pandemic and its associated circumstances had adversely affected patients with chronic diseases. This study aimed to assess the health-related quality of life (QoL), and identify its psychological and clinical correlates in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) during pandemic in Egypt.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study, using a convenience sampling technique, was conducted among patients with DM who were recruited from Zagazig University endocrinology outpatient clinics, Sharkia Province, Egypt from June 30 to September 29, 2020. A total of 200 consecutive patients were interviewed using a semistructured demographic and clinical checklist, the fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19S), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the short form 36 (SF-36) health survey.
Results: Poor physical and mental QoL was reported in 64% and 62% of patients with DM, respectively. Female gender, increased mean arterial pressure (MAP), associated physical comorbidities, and depressive symptoms were associated with lesser odds of physical QoL (OR 0.46, 0.96, 0.29, and 0.88, respectively). Besides, female gender, associated physical comorbidities, fear of COVID-19 virus infection (FCV), and depressive symptoms were associated with lesser odds of mental QoL (OR 0.41, 0.36, 0.91, and 0.84, respectively). The FCV was inversely correlated with all items of SF-36 among patients.
Conclusion: QoL, either physical or mental, was adversely affected among patients with DM during pandemic. FCV was negatively correlated with all QOL domains. Longitudinal studies are warranted to explore the long-term effect of pandemic on the physical and mental well-being of patients with DM.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interestAll the authors declare that they do not have any conflicts of interest to disclose.
(© The Japan Diabetes Society 2021.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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