Diabetes Therapy

Psychosocial factors linked to poor diabetes self-care management outlined

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 4th, 2005

Investigators summarize psychosocial factors associated with poor diabetes self-care management in a specialized center in Mexico City in a recent issue of Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy.

"[We] examine the relationship between demographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables and diabetes self-care management in Mexican type 2 diabetic patients," and completed a "cross-sectional study of 176 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes, aged 30 to 75 years, attending a tertiary health-care center in Mexico City. A brief medical history and previously validated questionnaires were completed. The study group consisted of 64 males/112 females, aged 55±11 years,...

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