DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2025.v13i02.002

Pages: 300-303

Background: Diabetes distress is the emotional response to living with diabetes, the burden of relentless daily self-management and its long-term complications. It can also arise from the social impact of diabetes and the financial implications of the condition. Diabetes distress occurs on a continuum defined by its content and severity. This emotional distress, to a greater or lesser degree, is part of having to live with and manage diabetes. Methods: A Cross-Sectional research design, was used for present study. The samples of 100 diabetic patients were selected by purposive sampling technique method data was collected by self-structured questionnaires, Data was collected using Diabetes Distress Scale – 17, The data analysis done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Level of diabetic distress among patients with diabetic mellitus shows that majority 88 (88%) of subjects were having moderate level of diabetic distress and 12 (12%) of subjects were having severe level of diabetic distress, Mean ± SD based on diabetic distress scale (DDS) was 52.87± 7.56. The study result shown that there was significant association found for clinical predictors like Duration of Illness (χ2= 5.02, P<0.05) and Type of Treatment (χ2= 4.69, P<0.05) and did not found association between diabetic distress scale (DDS) and socio-demographic variables. Conclusion: The study concludes that Diabetes Distress scores and predictors among diabetic patients was effective, scientific, logical and cost-effective strategy in managing the Diabetes Distress and its predictors scores of diabetic patients.