Department of Development of Nursing, Social and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 61, 02-091, Warsaw, Poland.
Polish Federation for Education in Diabetology, Żegańska 21/23, 03-823, Warsaw, Poland.
BMC Public Health. 2020 Jul 20;20(1):1140. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09241-z.
The data of the International Diabetes Federation show that about 463 million people have diabetes. Better understanding of psychosocial aspects of life with this disease has become one of healthcare priorities in this group of patients. The aim of this study was to assess the relationships between loneliness and blood glucose control in diabetic patients.
The study included 250 hospitalized patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes. The patients included in the study were those who had had diabetes for at least 1 year and received pharmacotherapy. Standardized Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (R-UCLA) and an analysis of patient test results including 10 indicators of blood glucose control were used for data collection. Correlation analysis, i.e. Pearson's linear correlation coefficient (r, parametric method), was used for hypothesis verification.
Less than one-fifth (16%) of the patients included in the study had higher loneliness index (based on the R-UCLA scale), and this loneliness index (total result) was significantly correlated with higher blood pressure. No significant correlations were demonstrated between loneliness and the other 9 indicators of blood glucose control.
Systolic blood pressure was significantly correlated with loneliness in patients with diabetes. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.
国际糖尿病联合会的数据显示，全球约有 4.63 亿人患有糖尿病。更好地了解此类患者的生活心理社会方面，已成为医疗保健的重点之一。本研究旨在评估糖尿病患者的孤独感与血糖控制之间的关系。
该研究纳入了 250 名 1 型和 2 型住院糖尿病患者。入组标准为糖尿病病史至少 1 年且接受药物治疗的患者。采用标准化修订版加州大学洛杉矶分校孤独量表（R-UCLA）和分析患者的 10 项血糖控制指标来收集数据。采用皮尔逊线性相关系数（r，参数法）进行假设检验。
研究中不到五分之一（16%）的患者孤独感指数较高（基于 R-UCLA 量表），且该孤独感指数（总分）与较高的血压显著相关。孤独感与血糖控制的其他 9 项指标之间无显著相关性。
糖尿病患者的收缩压与孤独感显著相关。需要进一步的研究来证实这些发现。
