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DEPRESSION IN TYPE-II DIABETICS AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Dr. Ahsan Farooq, Dr. Babar Shahzad, Dr. Muhammad Naveed Abbas

Objective: To study the depression in type-II diabetics at tertiary care hospital, Multan. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at Department of Psychiatry, Nishtar Hospital, Multan from November 2017 to May 2018 over the period of 6 months. A total of 196 patients with diabetes mellitus of age 18-65 years of either gender were included. All patients were assessed using DSM-IV criteria for Depression. Results: Mean age was 53.35 ± 6.71 years in our study with majority of the patients 97 (49.49%) were between 51 to 65 years of age. Out of the 196 patients, 89 (45.41%) were male and 107 (54.59%) were females with male to female ratio of 1:1.2. Majority of patients 54.41% belonged to upper socioeconomic status. Depression was found in 47 (23.98%) patients, whereas there were 149 (76.02%) patients having no depression. Conclusion: Our study concluded that prevalence of depression in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients was much higher and have shown positive association with extremes of ages and duration of disease. Keywords: Hyperglycemia, depression, complications, socioeconomic status.

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