2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The association between glycemic control and stress-adjustment system in type 2 diabetes patients and the intervention study of stress management program

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21592758
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Clinical nursing
Research Institution	Saga University
Principal Investigator	OHTA Akihide 佐賀大学, 医学部, 教授 (40128129)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KOGA Akemi 佐賀大学, 医学部, 准教授 (00336140)
Research Collaborator	MIZOUCHI Satoko 佐賀大学, 大学院・医学系・研究科, 修士課程
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	糖尿病 / ストレス / ストレスマネジメント / QOL
Research Abstract	In order to clarify the association between glycemic control and stress-adjustment system in type 2 diabetes patients, perceived stress state, stress-coping related abilities, and stress-related serum hormone levels before and after calculation stress test, were measured. Diabetes patients showed significantly higher perceived stress levels and lower stress-related abilities, both of which were not associated with individual HbA1C level. Hormonal responses to stress loading showed no significant differences between patients and controls. The present results suggest that medical professionals need to concern the patients' increased stress-levels and decreased stress-coping abilities, irrespective of each patient' s glycemic control state.