Follow-up Study on Psychological Health Status and Glucose in Elderly Patients with Newly Ddiagnosed Type 2 Diabetes for One Year
- VernacularTitle:初诊老年2型糖尿病患者血糖与心理健康状态动态分析
- Author:
Chunyu WANG
;
Jianting ZHONG
;
Dongjun WAN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Type 2 diabetes;
Aged;
Psychological heath
- From:
Chinese Journal of Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases
2006;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the characteristic of psychological health status and blood glucose in elderly patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes for one year. Methods 48 patients in elderly with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes were followed up on their blood glucose level and psychological status for one year. Results At newly diagnosed phase, fasting plasma glucose, 2 h postprandial plasma glucose and HbA1C were (9.48?2.67) mmol/L, (13.49?4.79) mmol/L and (8.89 ?2.74)%, but after 3months, those descended to (7.35?2.47) mmol/L, (10.01?3.14) mmol/L and (6.75?2.14)%, respectively. Compared with newly diagnosed phase, psychological happiness and living satisfaction improved; while the negative emotion, including depression, loneliness, hypochondriasis and anxiety, decreased consistent with the drop of blood glucose level after 3 months. Following 6 and 12 months, blood glucose and psychological heath status were stabilized on the whole. Conclusion Psychological status deteriorated seriously at newly diagnosed phase than in 3, 6 and 12 months, when is important phase for psychological intervention. Moreover, optimal glycemic control can promote psychological heath.
