Why the study?
Does the presence of diabetes mellitus affect coping strategies, psychological stressors, and adjustment in adventitiously blind male veterans compared to those with vision loss from other causes?
Does the presence of diabetes mellitus affect coping strategies, psychological stressors, and adjustment in adventitiously blind male veterans compared to those with vision loss from other causes?
In blind male veterans, the presence of diabetes and certain maladaptive coping strategies are associated with worse adjustment, including difficulties in daily activities and mild depression.
Diabetes and maladaptive coping may flag higher adjustment risk in blind veterans; leaves open whether interventions improve outcomes.
This study compared the coping strategies, psychological stressors, and adjustment of 40 elderly male veterans with diabetic retinopathy and 40 with vision loss from other causes. The presence of diabetes, the recent onset of vision loss, coping by escape-avoidance, blaming oneself, and the absence of planful problem solving were associated with difficulties in daily activities, a diminished sense of well-being, and symptoms of depression. The psychological symptoms were usually of mild severity.
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