A Cross Sectional Study on Assessment of Depression among Patients of Diabetes Mellitus
| Main Author: | 1Ayesha Anwar, 2HinaNazir and 3HussnainAshfaq |
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| Format: | Article info application/pdf Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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IJHS Medical Association
, 2022
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| Online Access: |
https://www.ijhsonline.com/index.php/IJHS/article/view/97 https://www.ijhsonline.com/index.php/IJHS/article/view/97/6 |
Daftar Isi:
- Objective:An assessment of Depression among patients of diabetes mellitus presenting at THQ Hospital Samanabad, FaisalabadMaterials & Methods: A total of 196 patients with diabetes mellitus of age 18-65 years of either gender were included. Patients with history of mood disorders, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders prior to onset of DM, other chronic disease and any drug addiction were excluded. The demographic information like name, age, sex, socioeconomic status and duration of disease was noted in each patient. All patients were assessed by single psychiatrist, using DSM-IV criteria for Depression (yes / no)Results: Mean age was 53.35 ± 6.71 years in our study with majority of the patients 97 (49.49%) were between 51 to 65 years of age.Out of the 196 patients, 89 (45.41%) were male and 107 (54.59%) were females with male to female ratio of 1:1.2. Majority of patients 54.41% belonged to upper socioeconomic status. Depression was found in 47 (23.98%) patients, whereas there were 149 (76.02%) patients having no depression.Conclusion: Our study concluded that prevalence of depression in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients was much higher and has shown positive association with extremes of ages and duration of disease.