Association of Depression and Anxiety With Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Concerning Some Sociological Factors

作者：Palizgir Maryam; Bakhtiari Maryam^*; Esteghamati Alireza

来源：Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, 2013, 15(8): 644-648.

DOI：10.5812/ircmj.12107

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Background: Diabetes is a metabolic disorder with a high worldwide prevalence. It has been reported that diabetic patients are more prone to depression and anxiety. %26lt;br%26gt;Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among diabetic patients with regards to some factors such as age, gender, level of education and occupational status. %26lt;br%26gt;Materials and Methods: One hundred and eighty four diabetic patients have participated in this study. To assess the severity of depression and anxiety Beck depression inventory and Beck anxiety inventory questionnaire were used respectively. Binary logistic regressions were used to analyze the data. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: The results of the present study have shown that 70.7% of the diabetic patients were suffered from depression. Besides, 69.6% of them were diagnosed with anxiety. According to the result, diabetes related depression is affected by sex (OR: 2.767), age (OR: 2.222), level of education (OR: 4.145) and job status (OR: 3.901). It has been also resulted that gender (OR: 2.274), age (OR: 2.706) and Job Status (OR: 2.441) are the effective factors leading to anxiety. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusions: Depression and anxiety have higher prevalence among diabetic patients and some sociological factors such as age, gender, job and education are related to these psychological disorders.

• 出版日期2013-8