PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND DISEASE: LEVEL OF STRESS IN VICTIMS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
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Feb 13, 2017
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Stress, Gender difference, Adult
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Objective: To measure the level of stress and its relationship and comparison with demographic variables among Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.
Methodology: This was a cross sectional comparative study conducted during April 2016 to July 2016 in Faisalabad. A sample of 120 diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients between aged 20 to 50 years, mean age 34.57±8.36 were selected through random sampling techniques from different public hospitals of Faisalabad. A self-report measure perceived stress scale 10 items (PSS-10) Urdu was used to measure the level of stress among T2DM Patients. Statistical analysis was run through SPSS version 21.
Results: A significant positive relationship observed between gender and stress at p<0.05, and significant negative relationship between age and stress p<0.01. Significant gender difference observed at p<0.05 and significant age differences at p<0.01among T2DM patients.
Conclusion: Stress is negatively linked with increasing age and positively linked with gender. Men and adults experience low level of stress as compared to women and early adults with T2DM.
Methodology: This was a cross sectional comparative study conducted during April 2016 to July 2016 in Faisalabad. A sample of 120 diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients between aged 20 to 50 years, mean age 34.57±8.36 were selected through random sampling techniques from different public hospitals of Faisalabad. A self-report measure perceived stress scale 10 items (PSS-10) Urdu was used to measure the level of stress among T2DM Patients. Statistical analysis was run through SPSS version 21.
Results: A significant positive relationship observed between gender and stress at p<0.05, and significant negative relationship between age and stress p<0.01. Significant gender difference observed at p<0.05 and significant age differences at p<0.01among T2DM patients.
Conclusion: Stress is negatively linked with increasing age and positively linked with gender. Men and adults experience low level of stress as compared to women and early adults with T2DM.
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Zaidi SMIH, Yaqoob N, Saleem R, Fatima A. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND DISEASE: LEVEL OF STRESS IN VICTIMS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2017 Feb. 13 [cited 2024 Apr. 23];31(1). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/2009
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