other Cancer Biology Cancer Biology مقاله کامل Full Length/Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><span aptos=""><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri=""><span style="color:black">Introduction:</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri=""><span style="color:black"> The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated circumstances have significantly impacted patients with chronic diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between perceived anxiety and fear related to COVID-19 and the health-related quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><span aptos=""><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri=""><span style="color:black">Methods and Materials:</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri=""><span style="color:black"> This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 387 patients with type 2 diabetes referred to Comprehensive Health Centers in Urmia during 2019-2020. The sampling was carried out using a multi-stage random sampling method. Data collection tools comprised a demographic information questionnaire, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, the Anxiety of COVID-19 Scale, and the Short Form 36 health survey. The data were analyzed using SPSS 19 software with a significance level of 0.05, utilizing descriptive and analytical statistical methods, including Pearson correlation. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span style="line-height:115%"><span aptos=""><b><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri=""><span style="color:black">Results:</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri=""><span style="color:black"> The average quality of life was (56.6 &plusmn; 11.5), with the Mental Component Summary (59.5 &plusmn; 14.6) showing a higher mean compared to the Physical Component Summary (53.6 &plusmn; 14.1). Significant associations were found between age, duration of diabetes, education level, history of other diseases, history of taking other medications, and economic status with fear and anxiety scores. There was a significant and negative correlation between anxiety (r = -0.543; <i>p</i> = 0.01) and fear (r = -0.433; <i>p</i> = 0.01) scores with quality of life. Furthermore, a significant and inverse relationship was observed between quality of life components such as physical function, role limitations due to physical problems, role limitations due to emotional issues, energy/fatigue, emotional well-being, social function, and general health with anxiety or fear (<i>p</i> = 0.05). </span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <b><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri=""><span style="color:black">Conclusion and Discussion:</span></span></span></b><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri=""><span style="color:black"> Fear and anxiety related to COVID-19 have detrimental effects on various aspects of diabetic patients&rsquo; quality of life. Addressing these patients&rsquo; fears and anxieties during infectious disease outbreaks is essential to enhancing their quality of life.</span></span></span></span></span></div> <br> <img alt="" src="./files/site1/images/888.jpg" style="width: 1000px; height: 36px;" > Anxiety, COVID-19 pandemic, Diabetes mellitus 29 29 http://ibj.pasteur.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4696-31&slc_lang=other&sid=1 Homeira Nournezhad Yes Zahra Ahmadi No Rahim Baghaei No Atefeh Yas No