Abstract:Background: Modern society is undergoing socio-cultural and economic transformations. Such changes lead to situations in which the human being has to choose between his health or practicality, directly affecting his quality of life. Pathologies with a high degree of morbidity such as depression, anxiety and chronic diseases immerse themselves in this equation, and are taking alarming proportions in society nowadays. Objectives: To identify the levels of depression and anxiety in individuals with chronic non-co… Show more
“…This happens because of the physiological changes due to the chronic diseases experienced by patients such as diabetes. In the end, the patients feel depressed due to their health problems and their inability to maintain their life quality to live better [ 1 - 4 ]. This is certainly another major trigger, especially for patients experiencing changes in their metabolic system that does not work well and that their immune system is weak and suffer from diabetes mellitus [ 5 - 8 ].…”
Background:
To explore the tendency of the effects of anxiety and depression that occur in type 2 diabetes
patients, especially poor patients who live in the urban areas with poor economic conditions, who do not have health
access from the government, and live very far from the hospitals.
Methods:
The study design used in this study was cross sectional which aimed to determine the number of patients who
experienced anxiety and depression problems due to the declining health conditions caused by diabetes. A sample size of
98 diabetics experienced anxiety and depression when the treatment was carried out. The study design used was included
into a qualitative study with in-depth interviews with respondents who were at risk of diabetes, as well as to determine the
level of anxiety and depression that occured when medical care was carried out and the feelings experienced by the
respondents after completion of treatment.
Results:
Diabetic patients are generally unaware that their illness is a chronic disease that takes a long time to treat. When
the patients are sick, most of them do not immediately go to the hospital or a specialist for having their health examination
and treatment, because the hospital is far from the patients’ residence. Furthermore, some patients still use traditional
medicine and non-medical treatment, so when the patients with critical conditions are taken to the hospital, they already
suffer from chronic diabetes.
Conclusions:
The lack of access to health for chronic patients with poor economic conditions who live far from the
hospitals and the scarcity of medical staff to carry out socialization and treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes for
poor patients in urban areas certainly have an impact on the high number of patients of chronic diseases. Therefore, the
government is expected to be able to provide easy health policies to remote rural communities in order to achieve optimal
community welfare and health.
“…This happens because of the physiological changes due to the chronic diseases experienced by patients such as diabetes. In the end, the patients feel depressed due to their health problems and their inability to maintain their life quality to live better [ 1 - 4 ]. This is certainly another major trigger, especially for patients experiencing changes in their metabolic system that does not work well and that their immune system is weak and suffer from diabetes mellitus [ 5 - 8 ].…”
Background:
To explore the tendency of the effects of anxiety and depression that occur in type 2 diabetes
patients, especially poor patients who live in the urban areas with poor economic conditions, who do not have health
access from the government, and live very far from the hospitals.
Methods:
The study design used in this study was cross sectional which aimed to determine the number of patients who
experienced anxiety and depression problems due to the declining health conditions caused by diabetes. A sample size of
98 diabetics experienced anxiety and depression when the treatment was carried out. The study design used was included
into a qualitative study with in-depth interviews with respondents who were at risk of diabetes, as well as to determine the
level of anxiety and depression that occured when medical care was carried out and the feelings experienced by the
respondents after completion of treatment.
Results:
Diabetic patients are generally unaware that their illness is a chronic disease that takes a long time to treat. When
the patients are sick, most of them do not immediately go to the hospital or a specialist for having their health examination
and treatment, because the hospital is far from the patients’ residence. Furthermore, some patients still use traditional
medicine and non-medical treatment, so when the patients with critical conditions are taken to the hospital, they already
suffer from chronic diabetes.
Conclusions:
The lack of access to health for chronic patients with poor economic conditions who live far from the
hospitals and the scarcity of medical staff to carry out socialization and treatment of chronic diseases such as diabetes for
poor patients in urban areas certainly have an impact on the high number of patients of chronic diseases. Therefore, the
government is expected to be able to provide easy health policies to remote rural communities in order to achieve optimal
community welfare and health.
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