Study of depression prevalence in the patients with type ii diabetes referring to yazd diabetes research centers in 2008

ABSTRACT

Diabetes is one of chronic diseases with relatively high prevalence paying. Attention to psychiatry problems especially, depression in diabetic patients can raise quality of life in these individuals.The goal of this study is to assess the prevalence of depression in patients with type II diabetes. The subject participating in this descriptive study were 100 patients with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus [NIDDM] referring to Yazd diabetes research center years in 2008. Depression in these patients was assessed with the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory [BDI]. Patients were compared for demographic variables such as sex, age, duration of disease, after diagnosis educational level, history of family depression, presence of diabetes complication associated with depression. One hundred patients with type II diabetes [29men and 71 women] participated in this study. Prevalence of depression was 64% so that 48.3% of men and 70.4% of women were depressed. We found significant differences between patients on the basis of educational level [P=0.004], history of family depression [P=0.004], presence of diabetes complication [P=0.0001], and duration the disease [P=0.001].There was no statistically significant relationship between BDI scores and age groups i with due attention to high depression prevalence in type II diabetic patients, psychiatry consulting and psycho-education for the purpose of early depression diagnosis and regulating programs related to prevention and improvement of depression in this patients is important and useful