코로나19에 대한 염려가 당뇨병 환자의 미충족 의료에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to figure out the effect of concerns about COVID-19 on the unmet healthcare needs of a diabetic patient by utilizing the 2020 Community Health Survey data.

Methods: Among 229,269 adults over the age of 19, only 26,839 adults diagnosed with diabetes were extracted for the analysis of the study. In addition, by excluding the major subjects with missing values (4,310 adults, including 83 adults who have concerns about COVID-19 and 575 adults who have the unmet healthcare needs), a total of 22,520 diabetic patients was designated as the subjects of the analysis for the study.

Results: It is found that the unmet healthcare needs of diabetic patients takes up 3.9%. After adjusting the variables, including gender, age, spouse status, residential area, household income, subjective health status, influenza vaccination, hypertension diagnosis, glucose level recognition, and recent experience of fever cough, the analysis has shown a statistically significant correlation between the concerns about economic damage and unmet healthcare needs(OR 1.45, 95% CI:1,10-1.90). However, other concerns have not shown any correlation with the unmet healthcare needs.

Conclusion: In the case of diabetic patients, a correlation has been verified between concerns about economic damage and unmet healthcare needs. These study results can undoubtedly be utilized as the primary materials for the preparation and improvement plan to reduce the unmet healthcare needs when new infectious disease emerges and spread widely in the future.