The Association Of Psychosocial Aspect - 1279 Words

Abstract Diabetes has been addressed by the medical community in terms of biological interventions and treatments. Fewer studies have been conducted about psychological and social determinants that may be related with this disease. This study aims to analyze the association of psychosocial aspect specifically stress, which is caused due to financial burdens for paying rent or mortgage and diabetes prevalence. How strongly can this form of stress be correlated with diabetes prevalence? To evaluate this association, the study will use the BRFSS data. Keywords: diabetes prevalence, stress, money, rent/ mortgage. Introduction Diabetes is one of the serious diseases in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and†¦show more content†¦The risk factors for type 2 diabetes include weight, inactivity, family history, race, age, gestational diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, high blood pressure, and abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels. (Diabetes Risk factors - Mayo Clinic, n.d.) A research study was conducted to understand patient psychological insulin resistance (PIR), in other words, to discern psychological opposition towards insulin use in both people with diabetes and their prescribers and its overall impact on diabetes management (Brod, Kongsà ¸, Lessard, Christensen, 2009). Another research study was conducted to estimate the risk of co-morbid depression on all-cause mortality over time among individuals with diabetes. The study concluded that depression significantly increased the risk of mortality among individuals with diabetes and discussed that early dete ction and treatment of depression may improve health outcomes in this population (Park, Katon, Wolf, 2013). In both the studies to obtain data of the subjects for the study, the researchers used a literature search for journal articles via databases such as the MEDLINE, PubMed, Google searches, Cochrane Library, Embase and Science Direct databases. Although the search was extensive and thorough, there could have been a few biases such as selection biases already made in the earlier articles which the researchers referred and actively employed in their