Prevalence of Depression in Diabetes Mellitus and its Determinants

Abstract

Introduction: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing world wide. Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease which affect many organ system leading to reduced life expectancy. The association of diabetes mellitus and depression has been observed since long. Purpose: To find out prevalence of depression in diabetes mellitus. Method: Total 300 diabetic patients included in this study and they were screened for depression by patient health questionnaire-9. Results: the result from the study showed the prevalence rate of depression in diabetic is 43.33%. Among these depressed group 30.76% were mildly depressed, 40.76% were moderately depressed and 28.46% had severe depression. Conclusion: High prevalence of depression was found in diabetic patients. Hence psychiatrist assessment should be part of diabetic patients evaluation.