Key result
Diabetes-related distress was significantly associated with predicted 10-year risks for coronary heart disease and stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes and lower socioeconomic status.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to assess the associations between diabetes-related distress and predicted 10-year risks for cardiovascular complications in a lower-socioeconomic-status population with type 2 diabetes.
Is diabetes-related distress associated with increased predicted 10-year risk for cardiovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes and lower socioeconomic status?
Cross-Sectional
Is diabetes-related distress associated with increased predicted 10-year risk for cardiovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes and lower socioeconomic status?
Identifying diabetes-related distress may help address cardiovascular complication risks in socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with type 2 diabetes.
May support distress screening to flag CV risk in lower-SES T2D; hypothesis-generating for intervention trials.
The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the associations between diabetes-related distress and predicted 10-year risks for cardiovascular complications in a lower-socioeconomic-status population with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes-related distress was found to be significantly associated with the predicted 10-year risk for coronary heart disease in the studied population. In addition, the association between the predicted 10-year risk for stroke and diabetes-related distress was also statistically significant among individuals with lower occupational status scores. Based on these results, primary care providers are encouraged to integrate a psychosocial assessment into their clinical practices in diabetes management. Identification of diabetes-related distress might be an additional means to increase patient engagement in diabetes management and to help address patients' risks of cardiovascular complications, especially in safety-net clinics serving socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.
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Young et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes-related distress was evaluated on Predicted 10-year risk for coronary heart disease and stroke. Diabetes-related distress was significantly associated with predicted 10-year risks for coronary heart disease and stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes and lower socioeconomic status.
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