Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : The relationship between anxiety, coping strategies and characteristics of patients with diabetes | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Open Access The relationship between anxiety coping strategies and characteristics of patients with diabetes TarikTuncay 1 Ilgen Musabak2 Deniz Engin Gok3 and Mustafa Kutlu3 Address faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Department of Social Work Hacettepe University Fatih Cd. Kecioren - Ankara Turkey 2Department of Social Services Gulhane Hospital Etlik - Ankara Turkey and 3Department of Endocrinology Gulhane Hospital Etlik - Ankara Turkey Email TarikTuncay - tariktuncay@ Ilgen Musabak - ilgen_musabak@ Deniz Engin Gok - dengingok@ Mustafa Kutlu - mkutlu@ Corresponding author Published 13 October 2008 Received 25 June 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6 79 doi 1477-7525-6-79 Accepted 13 October 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 79 2008 Tuncay et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background This study provided essential information about Turkish patients with type I and type II diabetes concerning levels of anxiety coping strategies used and relationships that exist among anxiety coping strategies sociodemographic and medical characteristics. Methods A sample comprising 161 Turkish adults with both types of diabetes participated in the study. The trait anxiety scale the brief COPE sociodemographic and medical questionnaire were administered to patients with diabetes. Results The mean age was SD with a range from 20 to 60 years. The majority of the participants were female and type II diabetes . 79 of the participants experienced anxiety. A clear majority of the participants reported to integrate their diabetes. .
