Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of those who identify as women of low socioeconomic status and living with diabetes: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

With the COVID-19 pandemic driving people into social isolation, causing a financial crisis and creating uncertainty, individuals were at an even greater risk of experiencing negative mental health outcomes. Individuals who identify as women living with diabetes mellitus (DM) of low socioeconomic status (SES) are potentially at increased risk of negative mental health outcomes secondary to health-related risks of COVID-19, as well as financial barriers to access to medications and diabetes-care supplies.

Objective

The objective of this scoping review is to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the mental health of those who identify as women living with DM of low SES including the consequences of public health measures put in place to stop the spread of

SUBMITTER: Pucnin N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12458671 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature