Frustration level in type 1 diabetic mellitus patients

Abstract

In adolescence period, management of type 1 diabetes is very challenging because this is the time when children dealing with physical changes, social pressure, mental change and other health issues. Many studies have been found that mental health issues like depression, anxiety and eating disorder are common in type 1 diabetic among teenagers and young adults which are linked with poorly controlled diabetes. The present study was carried out to assess the frustration level in type 1 diabetic patients. According to the results of the study, majority of male patients (53.7%) belonged to 10- 19 year of age group while female respondents (40.0%) were in both 10-19 and 20-29 years of age group. It was also observed that maximum number of respondents in both groups of males and females belonged to lower middle class of socioeconomic status. According to the results of the study maximum number of male respondents i.e. 31.7% and females i.e. 31.0% were grouped in average frustration level followed by very low frustration level i.e. 22.0% of male and 22.5% of female.