ASSESSING BURNOUT WITH THE PAID QUESTIONNAIRE IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
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https://doi.org/10.31435/ijitss.2(50).2026.5319Keywords:
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Internal Picture of The Disease, PAID Questionnaire, Attitude Toward The DiseaseAbstract
According to the International Diabetes Federation's Diabetes Atlas estimates, in 2015, 1 in 11 adults had diabetes (415 million), and 1 in 2 adults with diabetes (46.5%) were undiagnosed, meaning they were unaware they had diabetes. It was found that 12% of global health expenditures were spent on diabetes (US$673 billion), and 1 in 7 births were affected by gestational diabetes. According to the Federation's estimates, by 2040, 1 in 10 adults will have diabetes (642 million), and health expenditures for diabetes-related diseases will exceed US$802 million. Over the past decades, diabetes mellitus (DM), along with cardiovascular diseases and cancer, has become an increasingly common pathology, reaching the proportions of a non-communicable epidemic. Patients with DM experience psychological stress due to the inability to maintain their previously adopted lifestyle, a sense of inferiority, a reduction in social activity due to the development of complications, and dependence on strict adherence to a daily routine, diet, physical activity, and medication. Patients also face social problems, limitations in their professional life, and insufficient social and psychological support. Studying the individual personality traits of patients with diabetes, the interaction between the cognitive, emotional, and motivational components of the "internal picture of the disease," and establishing the relationship between their somatic state and the "internal picture of the disease" helps improve medical and psychological care and the quality of life of this category of patients. Dysfunction of emotion regulation mechanisms leads to the development of depression and lowers mood, with a negative and pessimistic assessment of oneself, one's situation in reality, and one's future. In diabetic patients, the relationship between disease perception and anxiety-depression levels is believed to be an important factor affecting the monitoring and treatment of the disease. Disease perception is defined as the cognitive view of the disease state. When faced with a disease, people try to explain their disease in light of their personal experiences, knowledge, values, beliefs, and needs in order to understand and cope with the disease; they create their own models and representations of the disease.
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