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Ewa Kobos1,2, Alicja Szewczyk2,3, Janina Kokoszka-Paszkot4
1Department of Development of Nursing, Social and Medical Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences Medical University of Warsaw Warsaw Poland.
Aim:
To (a) explore the prevalence of loneliness in patients with diabetes mellitus and (b) identify loneliness-related factors in the group of hospitalized patients with diabetes mellitus.
Design:
A cross-sectional study.
Methods:
The study included 248 patients with diabetes mellitus who were staying in six Polish hospitals. A questionnaire including sociodemographic and clinical data, and the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (R-UCLA), was used for research data collection. Data were collected from March 2019 to June 2019.
Results:
Patients with diabetes generally experience moderate loneliness, with almost one-fifth (16%) of patients experiencing intense loneliness. The patients scored a mean 9.94 out of a possible 20 in belongings and affiliation category and 20.14 out of a possible 40 in the intimate others category. Lower education, being single and the presence of chronic complications of diabetes mellitus were risk factors for increased loneliness.
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