Open AccessThe Mental Status in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Admitted to a Diabetes Clinic After Presenting in the Emergency Room: The Application of the SCL-90 Scale
Author(s) -
Oana Albai,
Mirela Frandeș,
Romulus Timar,
Bogdan Timar,
Teodora Anghel,
Vlad Florian Avram,
Alexandra Sima
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s304904
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , emergency department , altered mental status , emergency medicine , scale (ratio) , pediatrics , psychiatry , endocrinology , physics , quantum mechanics
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most serious public health problems, involving increasing costs worldwide. The mental state of a person with DM is varied and ever-changing, such as stress, the pressure to always do everything by the book, sadness, anger, and even denial of the disease, all these are feelings patients with DM will experience throughout their life.