Open AccessPsychosocial morbidity among children with type-1 diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Subhankar Chatterjee,
Ajay Kumar Bakhla,
Payel Biswas,
Souvik Singha,
Souvik Dubey,
Chandra Bhushan Sharma,
Subhankar Chowdhury
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1216_19
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , distress , psychopathology , anxiety , depression (economics) , type 1 diabetes , cross sectional study , psychiatry , pediatrics , diabetes mellitus , clinical psychology , endocrinology , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Although the psychosocial impact of type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients is well recognized, data about its prevalence in India is scant. Hence, this study was undertaken to determine the prevalence and spectrum of psychosocial morbidities among pediatric T1DM patients and factors associated with psychosocial distress.