[라포르시안] Research findings showing the need for mental health care for adult patients with type 1 diabetes have been published.
The research team of Professors Jaehyun Kim and Gyu-ri Kim from the Department of Endocrinology at Samsung Seoul Hospital analyzed an average of 10,391 patients and 51,995 members of the general public who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as adults based on of national health insurance data between January 2009 and December 2020. Follow-up was 7.94 years.
As a result of the study, the incidence of mental health disorders in patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in adults and the general public was 66 and 29 per 1,000 person-years, respectively, which is more than double that in adult patients with type 1 diabetes. diabetes.
As a result of comparing risk by disease in a subanalysis, patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as adults were 4 times more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs, 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 2.6 times more likely of having personality and personality problems. behavioral disorders and 2.5 times more likely to have mood and eating disorders than the general population. The risk of developing anxiety and stress disorders was 1.9 times higher.
Professor Kim Jae-hyun said: “I always feel sad and heartbroken when I see adult patients with type 1 diabetes lose their mental health during the difficult treatment process. Indeed, blood glucose monitoring and insulin injections are possible without external exposure to the closed-loop hybrid system. “There are treatments available, but they are expensive and difficult to access, so they are not available to all diabetes patients,” he said.
Professor Kim said: “These technologies are especially needed for type 1 diabetes patients suffering from mental health disorders” and added: “I hope that social awareness and treatment systems improve as soon as possible so that Even adult patients with type 1 diabetes may benefit.” he said.
Meanwhile, this study was published in the latest issue of the international academic journal “Diabetes & Metabolism” (IF standard 7.2/2022).
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