Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetes distress, a term used to describe negative emotions associated with diabetes, is the key factor responsible for the elevated risk of psychological burden and compromised self-management. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of diabetes-related distress among adolescent patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and to ascertain various factors associated with it.Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, 102 T1D...

New modalities of patient education have come up, young people are more attracted towards social media WhatsApp is very common messaging and networking tool. This study compared the effects of WhatsApp-based patient education and routine care on the disease knowledge and glycemic control of adolescents and young adults with T1D in a low-resource setting. A two-month three diabetes clinics in India. The intervention group received six WhatsApp sessions of patient education, whi...

We all know that care delivery can become too much exhaustive and regular follow-up by patients in not maintained in India due to various reasons. This study aimed to compare the long-term effects of tele consultation (TC) and routine care (RC) on the weight status of children with obesity. Patients aged 5-14 years from the OPD, India were assigned to either TC or RC for 6 months after completing a standard obesity treatment programme during the period of march 2022 to July 20...

Background and aims: Obese people have more risk for hypertension, Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Obesity is a major health issue globally. So our aim is to estimate the prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in adult patients.Materials and methods: In our study total 150 adults (> 20 years of age) patients were included. They were selected randomly & examined for BMI (body mass index) and WHR (waist to hip ratio).<p class...

Background: Hypertension is the most important chronic condition leading to cardiovascular complications in India. Lack of awareness and epidemiological data is the reason for inertia for primordial, primary and secondary prevention. Education, region epidemiological mapping and early screening and intervention can help benefit the population in terms of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.Aims & Objectives: To gather, analyze and intervene a larg...