Abstract
Previous investigations of the relationship between anxiety and diabetic control for the most part assessed diabetic patients as a homogeneous group. We hypothesized that diabetics with a high level of anxiety would demonstrate poorer metabolic control compared with those without much anxiety. Based on diagnostic interviews, we assigned 17 diabetics to high-, moderate-, or no-anxiety groups. The high-anxiety group proved to have significantly poorer metabolic status in the form of higher glycosylated hemoglobin levels. Control of anxiety could possibly aid in achieving metabolic control in diabetic patients with high levels of anxiety, who, however, are probably a minority of the total diabetic population.
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