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Identification of risk factors for suffering fear of hypoglycemia in type 1 Diabetes Mellitus patients
- Source :
- Scandinavian journal of psychology. 55(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Hypoglycemia is one of the main burdens for type I Diabetes Mellitus (DM I) patients. The consequences of hypoglycemia can be quite unpleasant due to the variety of disagreeable physical and psychological symptoms it triggers. The patient's previous experience with hypoglycemia episodes will condition his psychological reaction to future episodes, promoting behavioral modifications that associate with poor glycemic control and worse prognosis, and even with developing psychological disorders, leading to fear of hypoglycemia (FH). To be able to provide tailored prevention and treatment of patients with FH it is necessary to identify the risk factors in DM I patients. We developed and validated the FH-15 scale, a novel instrument to assess FH, which showed good concurrent and predictive validity in DM I patients. In this work we aim to identify the risk factors for suffering FH by detecting DM I patients with FH using the FH-15 scale and then analyzing the association of clinical and sociodemographic variables. We found that age, needing help to resolve an episode of hypoglycemia, and a perceived lack of social support are risk factors for suffering FH.
- Subjects :
- Predictive validity
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Hypoglycemia
Anxiety
Social support
Young Adult
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Risk Factors
Psychological reaction
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
Psychiatry
General Psychology
Type 1 diabetes
Type i diabetes mellitus
Poor glycemic control
Social Support
General Medicine
Fear
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Female
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14679450
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scandinavian journal of psychology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....91136e341618de29c24056e4851d9125