Mahnaz Ghaljeh, Mahboobe Doostkami, Fereshteh Ghaljaei, Najmeh Ghiamikeshtgar, Fateme Pishdad
Operating room technologists' knowledge, attitude, and preparedness for disaster management of a Zahedan: Implications for nursing disaster education
Journal of education and health promotion
background distress patients diabetes condition received significant attention recent years however data regarding psychological assessment impact emotional burden diabetes among roma population still scarce medical literature material methods conducted observational transversal study included 310 adult patients diabetes mellitus aged 18 85 years old majority 61 women patients selected tertiary hospital providing diabetes care diabetes distress evaluated using standardized questionnaire diabetes distress scale dds validated romanian patients results study population great proportion patients showed diabetes distress 248 n82 moderate distress 297 n121 severe distress caucasian group significantly patients without distress roma patientswhile contrary roma patients experienced severe distress compared opposite group 645 n78 versus 355 n43 caucasian group statistical significance observed regarding interpersonal distress caucasian women higher score men concerning roma patients total dds subscales scores statistically significant roma women higher scores men statistical significance observed ethnicity diabetes distress scores roma population higher median values caucasian patients also demonstrated lack education higher diabetes evolution higher glycated hemoglobin hba1c level 8 influenced risk severe dds caucasian group roma patients employment status unemployed represents risk factor severe dds conclusion roma patients included study experienced higher distress scores compared caucasians results substantial emphasize need include evaluation diabetes distress clinical practice facilitate early initiation intervention measures nevertheless limited data regarding particular ethnic group therefore research still needed