PMID- 33846441
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211102
LR  - 20211102
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Apr 12
TI  - Fear of hypoglycaemia among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a 
      cross-sectional study.
PG  - 7971
LID - 10.1038/s41598-021-86954-0 [doi]
LID - 7971
AB  - To investigate the fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes 
      mellitus (T2DM), to identify factors related to this fear, and thus to provide 
      evidence for clinical assessment. A total of 385 patients with T2DM who were 
      admitted to the departments of endocrinology in five tertiary grade-A hospitals 
      in Chongqing, China were included in this study. A questionnaire for general 
      information and a Chinese version of Hypoglycemia Fear Survey (HFS) were used to 
      collect the data. The average total score on the HFS was 71.67 +/- 17.06 (HFS-W was 
      38.15 +/- 10.57; HFS-B was 33.52 +/- 9.54).The three items with the highest average 
      score for HFS-W were not recognising low blood glucose (BG), not having food 
      available, experiencing a hypoglycaemic episode alone, and for HFS-B were eating 
      large amount of snacks, measuring BG six or more times per day, and keeping 
      BG > 150 mmol/L. Regressions showed that number of hospitalisations for T2DM, 
      receiving health education on diabetes, age and hypoglycaemia history because of 
      T2DM were associated with fear of hypoglycaemia (all p < 0.05). Fear of 
      hypoglycaemia in hospitalised patients with T2DM was strongly associated with 
      diabetes health education, hospitalisation for diabetes, age, and hypoglycaemia 
      history. Medical professionals should attach importance to the specific 
      psychological interventions, health education on diabetes and the early 
      prevention of hypoglycaemia or diabetic complications for patients with T2DM to 
      reduce the fear of hypoglycaemia and improve their health status.
FAU - Wang, Yanhao
AU  - Wang Y
AD  - Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, 
      College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 98 XiWu Road, Xi'an, 710004, 
      Shaanxi, China.
AD  - Department of Orthodontics, Xi'an Jiaotong University School of Stomatology, 98# 
      Xiwu Road, Xi'an, 710000, Shaanxi, China.
AD  - College of Stomatology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
FAU - Zeng, Zihuan
AU  - Zeng Z
AD  - School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, 1#, Medical College Road, 
      Chongqing, 400016, China.
FAU - Ding, Jie
AU  - Ding J
AD  - School of Foreign Languages, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
FAU - Yuan, Ruizhu
AU  - Yuan R
AD  - School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, 1#, Medical College Road, 
      Chongqing, 400016, China.
FAU - Wang, Ruiding
AU  - Wang R
AD  - School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, 1#, Medical College Road, 
      Chongqing, 400016, China.
FAU - Zhang, You
AU  - Zhang Y
AD  - School of Foreign Languages, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
FAU - Bai, Liyao
AU  - Bai L
AD  - School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, 1#, Medical College Road, 
      Chongqing, 400016, China.
FAU - Yu, Huan
AU  - Yu H
AD  - School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, 1#, Medical College Road, 
      Chongqing, 400016, China.
FAU - Tang, Jiao
AU  - Tang J
AD  - School of Nursing, Chongqing Medical University, 1#, Medical College Road, 
      Chongqing, 400016, China. tangjiao9209@163.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20210412
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
SB  - IM
MH  - Behavior
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*complications
MH  - Fear/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypoglycemia/*complications/*psychology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
PMC - PMC8042064
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2021/04/14 06:00
MHDA- 2021/11/03 06:00
PMCR- 2021/04/12
CRDT- 2021/04/13 06:09
PHST- 2020/11/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/03/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/04/13 06:09 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/04/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/11/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/04/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-021-86954-0 [pii]
AID - 86954 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-021-86954-0 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 12;11(1):7971. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86954-0.