Sociodemographic studies, personality assessment and marital state in diabetics in Sharkia

ABSTRACT

In a trial to study the nature, prevalence and the possible etiologicol mechanisms of psychiatric complications of diabetes, 40 diabetic subjects, classified into 12 IDDM and 28 NIDDM were studied. All of them were subjected to sociodemographic studies, assessment of personality and mental state using Eysenck personality Inventory [EPI] and present state examination [PSE] respectively. Results showed that high percentage of diabetics with psychiatric complications are neurotic and introverted. Diabetics suffered from neurotic psychiatric disturbances, particularly worrying [92.52], simple depression [85%], loss of interest and concentration [77.5%] and general anxiety [60%]. These psychiatric disturbances are not significantly affected by neither the line of treatment nor the duration of the disease. These disturbances are more common in females compared to males and it is higher in younger than in older age group. On this context, diabetics are more prone to worrying, simple depression, loss of interest and concentration and general anxiety than normal population which may be attributed to the stress of the disease, its complications and hazards of treatment