An evaluation of psychological well-being and secular trends in the occurrence of type 2 diabetes 1993 2014 in outpatients in a community
In. Caribbean Public Health Agency. Caribbean Public Health Agency: 60th Annual Scientific Meeting. Kingston, The University of the West Indies. Faculty of Medical Sciences, 2015. p.[1-75]. (West Indian Medical Journal Supplement).
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate psychosocial well-being and secular trends among outpatient diabetics in community-dwelling Trinidadian patients. METHODS ANDDESIGN:
We used a cross-sectional study design. The population consisted of all adult patients (>18 years) with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), receiving care at the main primary health care facility serving that community. The communities came from the North Central Regional Health Authority (RHA) and the Eastern RHA. The WHO-5 Well Being Index was used to determine quality of life and psychological wellbeing. Scores ranged from 0 (worst) to 100 (best).RESULTS:
The sample comprised 301 participants. The mean age was 60.78 years (SD ñ11.5) with an inter-quartile range of 51-70 years with no significant age difference between males and females (73.8 versus 75.1, p = 0.235). Females outnumbered males, fm 1.51. Sample participants consisted of 42% Africans and 33.2% South East Asians (SEA). Of the participants, 66% were found to be overweight or obese. One half of the participants scored <50 indicating they were not content with their quality of life, with 1.7% likely to be depressed. There was an increase in patients between the period 1990s to 2004-14 and the occurrence of cases in younger age groups. For the first time in 2004-09 there were patients aged 29-30 years and there were patients aged 19 -28 years in 2010-14.CONCLUSION:
We provide evidence that at the community T2DM is increasingly occurring and shifting towards younger age groups and there was significant dissatisfaction in the quality of their lives.
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Ambulatório Hospitalar
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Psicologia
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Trinidad e Tobago
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe ingles
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Trinidad y tobago
Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian Medical Journal Supplement
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Monography
País de publicação:
Jamaica