Psychological condition of patients with diabetes mellitus – control and correction

Abstract

Chronic polyetiological metabolic disease or a group of metabolic diseases that include diabetes mellitus is so widespread in the world today that it looks like a non-infectious epidemic. The total number of patients according to world statistics exceeds 300 million, with an annual increase of 5–7% and a doubling every 12–15 years. It should be noted that there has been a significant increase in the number of patients with both types of diabetes over the past two years, which may indicate the effect of the previous coronavirus infection on both the state of the pancreas (insulin production) and glucose utilization (hypoxia of organs and tissues, decreased sensitivity of peripheral receptors). Aim. The main purpose of the study was to carry out a comparative analysis of changes in the psychological criteria of the quality of life (emotions, feelings, focus, thinking, learning, self-esteem) in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus using two schemes of insulin administration – a pen and an insulin pump.