During the COVID-19 pandemic, the time spent at the home of patients has increased because of national quarantine policies and patients' fear of getting sick. For this reason, in this ongoing process, patients have been unable to go to work regularly due to their chronic diseases (being on administrative leave) and their fear of going out. These reasons have prevented being physically active. The aim of the study is to evaluate the physical activity level, quality of life, glucose control, anxiety, depression, fear of hypoglycemia and loneliness perceptions of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus during the COVID-19 pandemic period and compared with healthy controls.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
118
Online surveys will be applied to all participants
Zeliha ÇELİK
Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey (Türkiye)
Physical activity level
Physical activity level using International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form (IPAQ-SF) will be evaluated.
Time frame: Five minutes
General Quality of life
Quality of life using Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) will be evaluated.
Time frame: Ten minutes
Depression
Depression using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale will be evaluated.
Time frame: Three minutes
Anxiety
Anxiety using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale will be evaluated.
Time frame: Three minutes
Self-reported hypoglycemia
It will be questioned how many times patients have had hypoglycemic attacks (\<4 mmol/L and common symptoms) in the last 7 days.
Time frame: Last seven day
Loneliness
Loneliness using UCLA Loneliness Scale Short Form (ULS-8) will be evaluated.
Time frame: Three minutes
Hypoglisemia fear
Hypoglisemia fear using Hypoglisemia Fear Survey (HFS) will be evaluated.
Time frame: Five minutes
Dyspnea
Dyspnea during daily life activites using Modified Medical Research Dyspnea Scale will be evaluated.
Time frame: Two minutes
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