Abstract
Objective To investigate the status of diabetes distress in patients with middle-and-high risk of diabetic foot and explore the impact of self-perceived burden and social support on diabetes distress. Methods Totally 205 patients with middle-and-high risk of diabetic foot were investigated with Diabetes Distress Scale, Self-perceived Burden Scale and Social Support Scale. Results The total aver-age score of diabetes distress was (2.59±0.57) , the diabetes distress level was correlated with self-per-ceived burden, dimensions of social support (r=0.481~0.653) and were influenced by gender, vocation, objective support, use of support. Conclusions Diabetes distress is widespread in patients with middle-and-high risk of diabetic foot and was influenced by many factors, these provide the basis for taking effec-tive interventions to reduce diabetes distress. Key words: Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes distress; Self-perceived burden; Social support
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