Effects of COVID 19 Pandemic on Diabetic Patients
Khalid Farhan Alshammari
*
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia.
Nuseibah Saleh Almakhalfi
College of Medicine, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia.
Fadyah Mohammed Alradaddi
College of Medicine, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia.
Maha Qasem Almutairi
College of Medicine, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia.
Raghad Abdullah Almeshari
College of Medicine, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia.
Kholah Fares Alshammari
College of Medicine, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia.
Shamma Mutlaq Alaezaimee
College of Medicine, University of Ha’il, Saudi Arabia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Ever since the pandemic started in March 2020, the whole world and the healthcare system were overburdened with an extremely difficult task of curbing COVID-19 as much as possible to decrease the death rate and to understand its effects. Diabetic patients are no different as they constitute a large group globally. Therefore, understanding the biggest factors that affects their day-to-day life is crucial to be able to treat them well and decrease the chances of having high mortality rates among diabetics. COVID-19 in diabetes is susceptible to high mortality rates making them prone to develop nutritional and psychological effects. Further studies are needed to provide better care in the future for diabetic patient’s psychological and nutritional wellbeing and alleviate their healthcare by developing targeted programs, awareness and scheduled home visits.
Keywords: COVID 19, diabetes, mortality rate, outcome.