Relationship between socio-demographic, clinical and psychosocial variables in patients with Type 2 Diabetes
The aim ofthis study is to analyze the relationship between socio-demographic, clinicaland psychosocial variables in patients with Type 2 Diabetes and to establishcomparative patterns between genders with this disorder. Patientsfrom a primary care center were assessed through a researcher design form andthrough the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Satisfaction with SocialSupport Scale and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. A total of90 patients with Type 2 Diabetes were enrolled in this study, with a mean ageof 56.67±6.41 years. The HADS depression presented a score of 3.77±2.98 and6.7% of the sample revealed depression symptoms. The HADS anxiety presentedscores of 7.27±5.07 and 36.6% of the subjects had anxiety symptoms. Regardingsocial support, the results were positive and similar between genders. When itcomes to sleep, the sample presented a PSQI of 8.68±2.87, with 73.3% ofpatients revealing poor sleep quality and 24.4% showing a sleep disorder. Whencomparing genders, females had higher scores of anxiety and depression andworse sleep quality. Inconclusion, we can state that anxiety symptoms are very prevalent in patientswith Type 2 Diabetes and women are more vulnerable to anxiety, depression symptomsand poor sleep quality.