Psychosocial health in people with diabetes during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To analyze trajectories of psychosocial health among people with diabetes during the first three months of lockdowns and reopenings of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark.

Methods

An online longitudinal survey of 2430 people with diabetes consisting of six questionnaire waves (Q1-Q6) was conducted between March 19 and June 25, 2020. Psychosocial outcomes assessed were COVID-19 worries, quality of life, feelings of social isolation, psychological distress, diabetes distress, anxiety, and general and diabetes-specific loneliness. Trajectories in psychosocial health were analyzed with linear multilevel mixed-effects models. Subgroup analyses were conducted.

Results

In total, 1366 (56%) people with diabetes responded to the first questionnaire. COVID-19 worries, feeling

SUBMITTER: Madsen KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816585 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature