Diabetes Distress, Diabetes Type 1
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to encourage and support Sohag University Students with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM). It will discover students with poor glycemic control, diabetic retinopathy, and renal complications. In addition to focus on those students suffering from Diabetes Distress (DD) and poor Quality of Life (QOL) due to type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM).
Detailed description
Data will be collected through personal interviews with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) students using standardized questionnaire. The questionnaire is divided into three sections: * The first section will gather primarily identification of data such as name, age, gender, father and mother education, order of the student in his/her family, faculty, grade, learning performance, residence; urban or rural, family home or hostile, living alone or with whom, marital status, working, smoking, exercising, history of viral infection as mumps before Diabetes Mellitus (DM), when was first diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) and the presentation of the diagnosis, drugs administered for treatment of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) , presence of chronic diseases other than diabetes, history of hospitalization and cause, presence of diabetic complications, and family history of diabetes, we construct the first section according to circumstances in upper Egypt. * The second section of the questionnaire will be for the assessment of Diabetes Distress (DD) using the valid DDS17 (Diabetes Distress Scale 17) and aims to evaluate distress across four domains: Emotional burden, Physician- related distress, Regimen-related distress, and Interpersonal distress. * The third section of the questionnaire will be for the assessment of Quality of Life (QOL) using a pre-designed questionnaire called the Diabetes Quality of Life Instrument (DQOLI).
Interventions
BEHAVIORALDiabetes Distress scale 17 and Quality Of Life Instrument
questionnaire that assesses the distress resulting from being diabetic patient type 1 and another questionnaire that assesses the quality of life among type 1 diabetic Sohag University students
Sponsors
Sohag University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Already diagnosed Type 1 diabetes mellitus 2. receiving insulin
Exclusion criteria
1. refuses to participate in the study. 2. deaf or mute.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diabetes Distress Scale 17 (DDS17). Diabetes Quality of Life Instrument | 3 months | 1. Diabetes Distress Scale 17, the degree to which each item may be bothering NOT if the item is true.If that item is not a problem ,circle 1. If it is very bothersome ,circle 6.To score sum the patient's responses and divide by the number of items. 2. Diabetes Quality of Life Instrument Domain No. of items Range of score for each item Range of score Converted to percentage Domain No of items Range of score Range of score Converted to % Satisfaction (S) 6 for each item 6-30 (S)/30 x 100 Impact (I) 4 4-20 (I)/20 x 100 Worry (W) 3 1-5 3-15 (W)/15 x 100 Total 13 13-65 Total / 65 x 100 |
Contacts
Primary ContactDina Abdel-Naby assistant lecturer in Family Medicine
Outcome results
None listed