POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS OF DEPRESSION AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS IN HYDERABAD, SINDH.

Abstract

Intoduction: The incidence of depression among diabetics was significantly higher than the general population. Objective: To evaluate the potential determinants of different levels of depression among type 2 diabetic patients visiting Red Crescent general hospital Hyderabad. Methods: Cross-sectional study was conducted at Red Crescent General Hospital, Hyderabad between May 2019 and September 2019. All willing type2 diabetes mellitus patients between 20 to 65 years of age of either gender without any other predisposing factors like depression, cancers, etc. were included in the study while those not meeting the study inclusion criteria were excluded. A pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the participant’s information. Beck’s depression inventory was used to collect information regarding the depression and its severity. SPSS version 22 was used for the statistical analysis of the data. Results: Total of 140 diabetic patients with mean age of 48.4 ± 19.0 years were recruited in the study.Majority (52.85%) were non-smokers while more than half (63.57%) had diabetes type2 for more than 5 years. The overall prevalence of depression of any level in the present study was found to be 85% with most (45%) them were suffering from mild depression. Statistically significant relationship (p-value <0.05) between different levels of depression with gender, marital status, smoking status, duration of type 2 diabetes and insulin therapy. Conclusion: Based on findings of the study, it is concluded that depression in different levels is more prevalent among type 2 diabetic patients while gender, marital status, smoking status, duration of diabetes as well as insulin therapy are the potential risk factors or determinants of depression among the diabetics.