51 percent of Spaniards with diabetes declare themselves stressed by this disease, while 19 percent feel socially discriminated against and 17 percent admit to having depression, according to data from the Spanish Diabetes Society (SED).
The situation is revealed that family members are in a similar situation, thus 45 percent claim to have high levels of stress due to the concerns caused by their relative's disease;While 37 percent also feel frustrated by ignoring the best way to help him.
"The stress of patients with diabetes influence numerous factors linked to life that they have to carry out this disease. They are people who must be responsible for determining their blood glucose level, assessing its results and adopting decisions about it, planning and planningStructure eating habits in changing environments, with little flexible work schedules and lunches usually away from home, take time to practice physical exercise, "explains Dr. José López, head of the Endocrinology Service of the Virgen de la Salud Hospital in Toledo.
The study, which has been presented on Tuesday, has been carried out together with the foundation of the Spanish Diabetes Society (FSED) and the Endocrinology Service of the Virgen de la Salud de la Health Hospital, in collaboration with Novo Nordisk, with theObjective of knowing the opinion not only of those who suffer from diabetes but also of those who help them in their coexistence with it, that is, their relatives and the doctors who attend them.
In the whole of Spain, the estimation of people with known diabetes amounts to more than 3.2 million, which makes this disease considerate of epidemic.The figure could rise to 3.9 million in 2030 to follow its current growth rate, due, among other factors, to sedentary lifestyle and inappropriate diets.
On the other hand, despite the importance of self -control of this disease, more than 40 percent of people with probing diabetes claim to have never participated in training programs about their disease, a percentage that amounts to 78 percent in the case of theirfamily.
When similar questions are transferred to health professionals, 65 percent manifest in favor of increasing the training of patients and family and 66 percent demand more educators in diabetes, that is, nurses with specific training, both medical and pedagogical, to form on the control and monitoring of the disease.
As for professionals, 85 percent of the health professionals surveyed say that the only training resource with patients and their relatives are printed brochures;while 47 percent refer to group face -to -face activities and 45 percent to web pages.
Finally, asked about the fear of complications, 78 percent of patients show their fear of hypoglycemia, fear that 61% of their relatives share.
"Therefore, diabetes research advances to treatments that, together with adequate glycemic control, contribute extras such as the decrease in the risk of hypoglycemia or flexibility in its administration, taking into account the stress situation generated by the fact of suffering from suffering a diseaselike this and the difficulty, sometimes, of always medicating at the same time and adjusting the treatment to the different conditions of the working, family and social life of each one, "concludes López.
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