“A Correlation Study to Assess the Relationship between Diabetic Distress and Blood Glucose Level among Diabetic Patients Attending to Medical OPD of HSK Hospital and Research Centre Bagalkot”.

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorder in which deficit in insulin production or action of insulin it leads to increased sugar level in blood. Diabetic distress is the emotional reaction of person living with diabetes, the burden of daily self – management of diabetic mellitus, and to prevent the long-term complication of DM. Method: The descriptive correlation survey design was used for the present study. The data was collected from a sample 60 diabetic patients from attending Medical OPD of HSK Hospital Bagalkot using convenient sampling technique. Diabetes distress scale was used to assess the level of stress among diabetic patient. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: In this present study the highest percentage is 55% of patient had mild distress, 23.4% of patient had moderate distress, 21.6% of patient had severe distress. & there is a week positive correlation between glucose random blood sugar and diabetic distress.   Conclusion: The study concludes there is a positive correlation between glucose random blood sugar and diabetic distress (GRBS)