Evaluating the relationships of hypoglycaemia and HbA1c with screening-detected diabetes distress in type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To explore the relationship between diabetes distress, glucose control and awareness of hypoglycaemia in adults with type 1 diabetes.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional study using data collected from 280 consecutive type 1 diabetes patients who used a routine clinic consultation tool that recorded HbA1c, hypoglycaemia awareness (measured using the Gold score) and diabetes distress (measured using the Diabetes Distress Scale 2 [DDS2]). We assessed correlations between DDS2 and HbA1c and DDS2 and Gold score and performed an ordinal regression analysis to identify factors contributing to distress.

Results

Diabetes distress was significantly correlated with HbA1c (r = .319, P < .001) and Gold score (r = .258, P < .001) independently a

SUBMITTER: Todd PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6353214 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature