ABSTRACT
Objective: To find out the rate of depressive symptom in patients with type 2 diabetes and study the effect of health education and psychosocial intervention on depression and metabolism of glucose Method: 100 patients with type 2 diabetes and 100 normal controls were assessed with SDS Patients with depressive index lager than 0 5 were randomly divided into intervention group (30) and control group (29) After three-month health education and psychosocial intervention, all 59 patients were assessed with SDS and their metabolism of glucose were examined again Results: The rate of depression in patients with type 2 diabetes was 59%, which was significantly higher than normal control (19%) Health education and psychosocial intervention decreased the severity of depression and improved the metabolism of glucose, while control group made no significant progress in neither aspects Conclusion: Depression is common in patients with type 2 diabetes and psychosocial intervention can help patients coping with depression so that benefit them psychologically and physically