TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect in self-care behavior and difficulties in coping with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - Efecto en el comportamiento de autocuidado y dificultades para hacer frente a la diabetes durante la pandemia de COVID-19
AU - Silva-Tinoco, Ruben
AU - González Cantú, Arnulfo
AU - De la Torre-Saldaña, Viridiana
AU - Guzmán-Olvera, Eileen
AU - Cuatecontzi-Xochitiotzi, Teresa
AU - Castillo Martínez, Lilia
AU - Romero-Ibarguengoitia, Maria Elena
AU - Nahuacatl-Lòpez, Areli
AU - Castillo-Galindo, Carmen
AU - Orea-Tejeda, Arturo
AU - Serna-Alvarado, Javier
AU - León-Garcia, Enrique
AU - Ochoa-Moreno, Jorge
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In this study, difficulties in coping with diabetes were evaluated during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. Similarly, the change in diabetes self-care activities was evaluated in patients with a recent assessment before COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico City. In 212 patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and regular primary care, a designed questionnaire was used to evaluate the presence/absence of difficulties in self-care related to diet, physical activity/exercise, glucose monitoring, treatment adherence, getting pharmacological treatment, and confinement adherence. The Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities tool was used to compare the frequency of self-care behaviors in the past 7 days. Self-reported difficulties in coping with T2D were documented and included difficulties in self-care behaviors related to diet (41.6%), physical activity/exercise (40.5%), glucose monitoring (23.7%), getting pharmacological treatment (22.9%), pharmacological treatment adherence (19%), and home-confinement adherence (11.7%). In the group of patients with a recent previous-lockdown evaluation, global self-care behavior decreased from 5.15±0.9 to 4.49 ± 1.02 days/week, p < 0.001. Diabetes self-care was a predictor for the presence of difficulties in coping with diabetes. Patients with T2D reported difficulties in coping with T2D and decreased diabetes self-care activities during the COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico City. Health-care policies must be designed and implemented to attenuate diabetes disease burden caused by this ongoing and future health-contingencies.
AB - In this study, difficulties in coping with diabetes were evaluated during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown. Similarly, the change in diabetes self-care activities was evaluated in patients with a recent assessment before COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico City. In 212 patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and regular primary care, a designed questionnaire was used to evaluate the presence/absence of difficulties in self-care related to diet, physical activity/exercise, glucose monitoring, treatment adherence, getting pharmacological treatment, and confinement adherence. The Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities tool was used to compare the frequency of self-care behaviors in the past 7 days. Self-reported difficulties in coping with T2D were documented and included difficulties in self-care behaviors related to diet (41.6%), physical activity/exercise (40.5%), glucose monitoring (23.7%), getting pharmacological treatment (22.9%), pharmacological treatment adherence (19%), and home-confinement adherence (11.7%). In the group of patients with a recent previous-lockdown evaluation, global self-care behavior decreased from 5.15±0.9 to 4.49 ± 1.02 days/week, p < 0.001. Diabetes self-care was a predictor for the presence of difficulties in coping with diabetes. Patients with T2D reported difficulties in coping with T2D and decreased diabetes self-care activities during the COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico City. Health-care policies must be designed and implemented to attenuate diabetes disease burden caused by this ongoing and future health-contingencies.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/d53d0a32-e70a-37b3-894b-c78483ac1b32/
U2 - 10.24875/RME.20000063
DO - 10.24875/RME.20000063
M3 - Article
SN - 2339-9643
VL - 8
SP - 13
JO - Revista Mexicana de Endocrinología, Metabolismo y Nutrición
JF - Revista Mexicana de Endocrinología, Metabolismo y Nutrición
IS - 1
M1 - 8
ER -