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Title: | Psychological impact of COVID-19 on diabetes mellitus patients in Cape Coast, Ghana: a crosssectional study |
Authors: | Ephraim, Richard Kobina Dadzie Duah, Evans Nkansah, Charles Amoah, Samuel Fosu, Emmanuel Afrifa, Justice Botchway, Felix Okyere, Perditer Essien-Baidoo, Samuel Mensah, Kofi Serwaa, Dorcas Sakyi, Samuel Asamoah Adoba, Prince Fondjo, Linda Ahenkorah Ninnoni, Jerry Paul Aderoju, Yaa Boahemaa Gyasi |
Keywords: | COVID-19 psychological Impact diabetes mellitus Cape Coast Ghana |
Issue Date: | Oct-2021 |
Publisher: | Pan African Medical Journal |
Citation: | Pan African Medical Journal |
Abstract: | Introduction: COVID-19 pandemic has had a
greater psychological impact on patients with
chronic ailments such as diabetes mellitus,
tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS compared to those
without chronic conditions. We explored the
psychological impacts of COVID-19 among people
living with diabetes mellitus in Ghana. Methods:
this study employed a hospital-based crosssectional
design involving 157 diabetes mellitus
patients aged 20 years and above. We assessed
diabetes distress by the seventeen-item diabetes
stress (DDS17) scale and COVID-19 worries by 3
specific benchmarks: “worry about overly affected
due to diabetes if infected with COVID-19”, “worry
about people with diabetes characterized as a risk
group” and “worry about not able to manage
diabetes if infected with COVID-19”. A close-ended
questionnaire was used in data collection. Results:
of 157 diabetic patients interviewed, the majority
had type 2 diabetes mellitus with known
complications and only 42.7% were managing
COVID-19 symptoms. The participants showed
moderate to high level of COVID-19 specific worry,
moderate fear of isolation, and low level of
diabetes-associated distress. About 33.8% of the
study population expressed a sense of worry
towards the pandemic. The logistic regression
showed that age, employment status, and presence
of other chronic diseases were significantly COVID-19, with a global mortality rate of 3-4%,
presents with mild to severe symptoms including
sore throat, dry cough, runny nose, dysphagia and
occasionally with diarrhoea and vomiting [1]. The
aged, immunocompromised individuals and people
with pre-existing diseases tend to suffer severe
complications and have a higher mortality rate
when they are exposed to SARS-CoV-2 [2]. |
Description: | This article is published by Pan African Medical Journal and is also available at DOI:10.11604/pamj.2021.40.76.26834 |
URI: | 10.11604/pamj.2021.40.76.26834 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/15109 |
Appears in Collections: | College of Health Sciences
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