Depression and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes

Abstract EN

Background : Frequency of mood disorders in patients with chronic diseases, especially diabetes and its effects on life quality are dramatically increasing.

Objectives : This study aimed to investigate the relation between depression and quality of life in patients with diabetes.

Patients and Methods : This is a cross sectional survey.

Subjects were selected from 330 eligible people referred to the only diabetes clinic in Gorgan City during 6 months, using systematic random sampling.

Beak Depression questionnaire and the brief questioner with 26 questions recommended by the World Health Organization (WHOQOL-BREF) were used to measure depression and quality of life, respectively.

Data were analyzed through descriptive methods, Chi-square, Independent t test and linear regression model using SPSS16 ; moreover, P value < 0.

05 was considered as significant.

Results: In total, 330 patients with diabetes (35.

5 % male and 64.

5 % women) were studied.

The mean and standard deviation of their age and years involved with diabetes were 50.6 ± 9.0 and 5.4 ± 4.5 years, respectively.

Range of age was 25-75 years, as well.

The prevalence of depression in all patients with diabetes was 58.

2 % (124 mild, 56 medium, and 12 with severe depression).

Hypertension was 13.

9 % more in diabetic patients with depression (P value < 0.

001) and physical activity in 24.

7 % of the cases was less with a meaningful difference (P value = 0.

01).

The mean and standard deviation of quality of life in diabetic patients with and without depression was 50.

7 ± 14 and 60.

5 ± 13.

3, respectively that was significant in two groups (P < 0.

0001).

Conclusions: The prevalence of depression is high in patients with diabetes and has a considerable impact on the consequences of diabetes and quality of life too.