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The Effectiveness of a Brief Psychological Intervention for Patients with Diabetes-Related Distress

BACKGROUND: Diabetes-related distress (DRD) is the negative emotional and psychological reaction to living with diabetes mellitus (DM). DRD has been reported to affect glycemic control and self-management practices adversely. Limited research is available on the effectiveness of psychological interv...

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Autores principales: Raveendranathan, Dhanya, George, Jismy, Perumal, Nandhini Lakshmana, Mysore, Ashok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657474/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31391669
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_455_18
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author Raveendranathan, Dhanya
George, Jismy
Perumal, Nandhini Lakshmana
Mysore, Ashok
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George, Jismy
Perumal, Nandhini Lakshmana
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description BACKGROUND: Diabetes-related distress (DRD) is the negative emotional and psychological reaction to living with diabetes mellitus (DM). DRD has been reported to affect glycemic control and self-management practices adversely. Limited research is available on the effectiveness of psychological interventions for DRD. We aimed to study the effectiveness of a brief psychological intervention for patients with DRD. METHODS: The findings of a targeted brief psychological intervention conducted for patients with DRD, as a part of psycho-endocrinology liaison services in a general hospital, are reported. Details regarding the assessment and intervention given were collected from the patients’ records. Forty-one patients with DRD diagnosed using Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) were given the single session intervention consisting of brief diabetes education focusing on physical activity and medication adherence, relaxation techniques, and illness-specific problem-solving strategies. Effectiveness was assessed using change in Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S), patient-rated visual analog scale, brief physical activity questionnaire, and medication adherence at baseline and 2-month follow-up. RESULTS: Analysis using Wilcoxon signed rank test found a significant change in the follow-up scores on all the assessment scales. CONCLUSIONS: The study highlights the benefits of brief intervention for reducing DRD, thus reducing the emotional burden of living with DM.
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spelling pubmed-66574742019-08-07 The Effectiveness of a Brief Psychological Intervention for Patients with Diabetes-Related Distress Raveendranathan, Dhanya George, Jismy Perumal, Nandhini Lakshmana Mysore, Ashok Indian J Psychol Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Diabetes-related distress (DRD) is the negative emotional and psychological reaction to living with diabetes mellitus (DM). DRD has been reported to affect glycemic control and self-management practices adversely. Limited research is available on the effectiveness of psychological interventions for DRD. We aimed to study the effectiveness of a brief psychological intervention for patients with DRD. METHODS: The findings of a targeted brief psychological intervention conducted for patients with DRD, as a part of psycho-endocrinology liaison services in a general hospital, are reported. Details regarding the assessment and intervention given were collected from the patients’ records. Forty-one patients with DRD diagnosed using Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) were given the single session intervention consisting of brief diabetes education focusing on physical activity and medication adherence, relaxation techniques, and illness-specific problem-solving strategies. Effectiveness was assessed using change in Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S), patient-rated visual analog scale, brief physical activity questionnaire, and medication adherence at baseline and 2-month follow-up. RESULTS: Analysis using Wilcoxon signed rank test found a significant change in the follow-up scores on all the assessment scales. CONCLUSIONS: The study highlights the benefits of brief intervention for reducing DRD, thus reducing the emotional burden of living with DM. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6657474/ /pubmed/31391669 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/IJPSYM.IJPSYM_455_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Psychiatric Society - South Zonal Branch http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6657474/
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