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Review
. 2020 Nov-Dec;14(6):1603-1605.
doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2020.08.025. Epub 2020 Aug 23.

Psychological adaptive difficulties and their management during COVID-19 pandemic in people with diabetes mellitus

Kartik Singhai  1 , Mukesh Kumar Swami  1 , Naresh Nebhinani  1 , Ashu Rastogi  2 , Edward Jude  3
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Review

Psychological adaptive difficulties and their management during COVID-19 pandemic in people with diabetes mellitus

Kartik Singhai et al. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Background and aims: People with diabetes have multiple psychosocial issues related to diabetes and its complications and this may be exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: We reviewed the psychological adaptative difficulties in people with diabetes especially during natural disasters including the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.

Results: There are significant concerns regarding worsening of glycemic control, unavailability of appropriate medicines, inaccessibility to health care or acquiring SARS- CoV-2 infection and subsequent poorer outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although there are some guidance documents for managing diabetes and associated complications during COVID-19 pandemic but very few address the psychological issues in people with diabetes. We discuss the psychological adaptive difficulties and an approach to address the psychosocial concerns in people with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusions: People with diabetes have significant diabetes distress and psychological adaptive difficulties that is aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. An integrated multidisciplinary approach is needed to manage the prevailing psychological issues amongst people with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Diabetes distress; Diabetes mellitus; Psychological adaptation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest None.

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