A Cross Sectional Study on Assessment of Depression among Patients of Diabetes Mellitus

ABSTRACT

Objective:An assessment of Depression among patients of diabetes mellituspresenting at THQ Hospital Samanabad, FaisalabadMaterials & Methods: A total of 196 patientswith diabetes mellitus of age 18-65 years of either genderwere 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 studywith 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 11.2. 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 hasshown positive association with extremes of ages and duration of disease.