TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS;
Objectives: The study is aimed to assess emotional problem of patients with Type2diabetes by translating and validating PAID. Associations between PAID and blood glucoselevels, and differences in prevalence of emotional problems across treatment modalities andBMI. Data Sources: Data was collected from various outpatients of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.Sample and Procedure: The sample of study comprised of 300 patients with diabetes bothmale = 135 (45%) and female n=165 (55%). Formal approval was taken from authorities atrespective hospitals and after taking informed consent patients were interviewed. Period:Data collection was completed during Feb to April, 2013. Material and Method: Patients wereasked to fill in demographic sheet along with Translated PAID scale. Latest blood glucose levelswere collected from their medical records whereas BMI was calculated by measuring patients’weight and height. Results: Results showed that emotional problems as assessed by PAID arepositively correlated with blood glucose levels (r=.12 to r=.19, p<.05). Additionally, patientswith IV modality of treatment (i.e., taking insulin shots) suffered significantly high (MD=4.88,p=.01) from emotional problems and patients with normal BMI and Obese Class-II have are athigher risk of emotional problem. Finally, patients rated serious concerns on diabetes-relatedissues like lifelong maintenance, future complications, depression and anxiety, and satisfactionwith physician. Conclusions: PAID is a very effective instrument in identifying emotionalproblems of diabetes patients related to adherence and compliance to their treatment regimeand hence it shall be used by physicians and health professional in routine practice.