ArticleBMC public health2020
Relationship between loneliness and blood glucose control in diabetes.
Article in BMC public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07486050 (The Impact of Social Worker Referrals on A1C for Seniors With Diabetes Experiencing Loneliness), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Impact of Social Worker Referrals on A1C for Seniors With Diabetes Experiencing Loneliness: A Randomised Controlled Trial
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Efficacy of Technology-Based Interventions on the Reduction of Loneliness: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- The hidden impact: social isolation and inflammation's role in pancreatic cancer risk among those with diabetes.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- The relationship between loneliness and blood glucose: a cross-sectional survey among Japanese.BMC research notes · 2024Article
- Association between Levels of Loneliness, Laboratory Measurements, and Behavioral Aspects in a Primary Care Setting in Crete, Greece.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2024Article
- Loneliness: An Immunometabolic Syndrome.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe data of the International Diabetes Federation show that about 463 million people have diabetes. Better understanding of psychosocial aspects of life with this disease has become one of healthcare priorities in this group of patients. The aim of this study was to assess the relationships between loneliness and blood glucose control in diabetic patients.
methodsThe study included 250 hospitalized patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes. The patients included in the study were those who had had diabetes for at least 1 year and received pharmacotherapy. Standardized Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale (R-UCLA) and an analysis of patient test results including 10 indicators of blood glucose control were used for data collection. Correlation analysis, i.e. Pearson's linear correlation coefficient (r, parametric method), was used for hypothesis verification.
resultsLess than one-fifth (16%) of the patients included in the study had higher loneliness index (based on the R-UCLA scale), and this loneliness index (total result) was significantly correlated with higher blood pressure. No significant correlations were demonstrated between loneliness and the other 9 indicators of blood glucose control.
conclusionsSystolic blood pressure was significantly correlated with loneliness in patients with diabetes. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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