@article{article_289610, title={The Relation of Socio-Demographic and Clinical Factors to Depression and Anxiety Levels in Diabetic Patients}, journal={Konuralp Medical Journal}, volume={9}, pages={96–105}, year={2017}, DOI={10.18521/ktd.289610}, author={Adakan, Fatma Yeşim and Vural, Ramazan and Boylubay, Şerife Mehtap and Yılmaz, Üstün and Kulaksızoğlu, Burak and Yeşil, Bayram and Şahintürk, Yasin and Ünal, Aysun}, keywords={Anxiety,depression,diabetic complications,Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale,socio-demographic}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Objective: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> To determine the
prevalence of anxiety and depression in diabetic versus non-diabetic persons in
relation to socio-demographic and clinical risk factors <b> </b> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> A total of 217 patients
with type 2 diabetes mellitus (mean(SD) age: 53.7(8.1) years, 56.7% were
females) and 100 age-matched non-diabetic control subjects (mean(SD) age:
36.9(10.6) years, 67.0% were females) were included in this cross-sectional
questionnaire based survey. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
subscale scores for anxiety (HADS-A) and depression (HADS-D) were evaluated in
diabetic patients in comparison to non-diabetics as well as in relation to
socio-demographic and diabetes related characteristics. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> Similar prevalence of  anxiety and depression was noted in diabetic
(42.4% and 35.5%, respectively) and non-diabetic (49.0% and 39%, respectively)
groups. In the diabetic group, female gender (p<0.001 and p=0.009,
respectively) and low income status (p=0.035 and p=0.025, respectively) were
associated with higher scores for both HADS-A and HADS-D, while in the control
group, both HADS-A and HADS-D scores were significantly higher in the younger
age (<45 years, p=0.008 for each). Apart from significantly higher scores
for HADS-A in diabetic patients in case of ≥1 diabetic complications (p=0.009),
no significant difference in HADS scores was noted with respect to disease
characteristics. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">  Our findings revealed socio-demographic
rather than diabetes related factors to be important correlates of anxiety and
depression among patients with diabetes and thereby no difference between
diabetics and controls in terms of depression and anxiety levels.  </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Duzce University}