Association of Diabetes-related Emotional Distress with Diabetes Self-care and Glycemic Control among Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes at a Tertiary Hospital in Manila, Philippines

Darwin Totesora; Marie Isobelle Ramos-Rivera; Mary Queen Villegas-Florencio; Pia Natalya Reyes-Sia

doi:10.15605/jafes.034.02.10

Authors

Darwin Totesora The Medical City, Ortigas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0776-5394
Marie Isobelle Ramos-Rivera The Medical City
Mary Queen Villegas-Florencio The Medical City
Pia Natalya Reyes-Sia The Medical City

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15605/jafes.034.02.10

Keywords:

emotional distress, Filipino, self-care, diabetes self-management questionnaire

Abstract

Objective. The study aims to determine the association of diabetes-related emotional distress with reported diabetes selfcare, and glycemic control of adult Filipinos with type 2 diabetes mellitus at The Medical City using 2 psychometric tests.

Methodology. This is a cross-sectional study conducted among 94 Filipinos diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, who answered 2 validated English questionnaires: Problem areas in diabetes (PAID-20) and Diabetes self-management questionnaire (DSMQ) that screen for diabetes-related emotional distress and diabetes reported self-care, respectively. Data were encoded and analyzed using Stata SE v.13.

Results. 42.6% of Filipinos with type 2 diabetes mellitus had emotional distress showing moderate to severe distress in factor 1 (diabetes-related emotional distress) and factor 3 (food related problems). 51.1% had suboptimal self-care, poorly scoring in areas of health-care use and dietary control. Majority of those who had diabetes-related distress and poor self-care where young, pre-obese and had diabetes duration of ±5 years. There was no significant association between diabetes-related emotional distress with diabetes self-care and emotional distress with glycated hemoglobin, but majority of those who had diabetes distress had higher glycated hemoglobin. There was significant association between diabetes self-care and glycemic outcomes (p=0.006) with relative risk of 1.51 (95% CI 1.10-2.07). There was linear inverse weak correlation between all subdomains of DSMQ with glycated hemoglobin except Dietary Control.

Conclusion. Diabetes-related emotional distress and sub-optimal self-care are prevalent among Filipinos with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Those who had poor self-care were 1.5 times more likely to have poor glycemic outcomes.

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Author Biographies

Darwin Totesora, The Medical City, Ortigas

Fellow-in-training

Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Department of Medicine

Marie Isobelle Ramos-Rivera, The Medical City

Department of Psychiatry

Mary Queen Villegas-Florencio, The Medical City

Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Department of Medicine

Pia Natalya Reyes-Sia, The Medical City

Department of Psychiatry

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