COVID-19-specific diabetes worries amongst diabetic patients: The role of social support and other co-variates

The recent emergence of COVID-19 has had a greater impact on people with comorbid conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, cancer and HIV/AIDS [1,2]. Diabetes has been the second most common comorbidity (9.7%) among COVID-19 patients after cardio-metabolic disorders (12.5%) [1,3]. In 2019, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reported that 465 million (9.3%) people in the world were diagnosed with diabetes, and by 2045 the figure is predicted to grow to 700 million [4].

Source: Primary Care Diabetes - June 24, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Md. Safaet Hossain Sujan, Rafia Tasnim, Md. Saiful Islam, Most. Zannatul Ferdous, Md. Abdur Rahman Apu, Md. Miftah Musfique, Shahina Pardhan Tags: Original research Source Type: research