Generalized Anxiety Symptoms and Psychosocial Problems among Patients with Diabetes: Examining Gender Differences

Abstract

The psychosocial health of people with diabetes may be significantly impacted by symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). While psychosocial issues related to diabetes have been studied in the past, less focus has been placed on the connection between GAD symptoms on the basis of difference of gender while taking Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes into account. By investigating the relationship between GAD symptoms and psychosocial issues among diabetic patients and comparing these results across gender, this study seeks to close this gap. A purposive sample of 200 patients with diabetes—100 with Type 1 diabetes and 100 with Type 2 diabetes was used in a correlational study design. Statistical Analysis SPSS Statistics will be used for data analysis. Independent-samples t-tests evaluate variations by gender as there was a significant difference of anxiety symptoms on the basis of gender whereas t (198) = -2.40, p<.05. On the other hand, there was no significant gender difference found with psychosocial problems. Finding reveal that there is a different experience of anxiety symptoms in male and female. The results could guide integrated, diabetes-specific psychosocial therapies and encourage routine psychosocial assessment in diabetes care in both males and females.