Key result
Altered mental status in hospitalized diabetics is linked to more altered clinical and biological parameters.
Why the study?
Patients with diabetes mellitus experience varied emotional states throughout life, but the presence of mental and psychiatric disorders and their correlations with cardiovascular risk factors required assessment.
Population
Patients with diabetes mellitus hospitalized after presenting in the emergency room
Authors
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May support mental health screening in diabetic inpatients; leaves open causality and need for prospective trials.
Observational
p-value: p=0.001
Diabetic patients admitted for exacerbations have a significant burden of mental health disorders that correlate with worse clinical and biological parameters, highlighting the need for routine psychological screening.
Albai et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Diabetes Mellitus. SCL-90 questionnaire was evaluated on Presence of mental and psychiatric disorders and correlations with clinical and biological parameters (p=0.001). Altered mental status in hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus was associated with significantly more altered clinical and biological parameters (p=0.001).
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