PMID- 25729687
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150302
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 2230-8210 (Print)
IS  - 2230-9500 (Electronic)
IS  - 2230-9500 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 2
DP  - 2015 Mar-Apr
TI  - Depression among patients with diabetes mellitus in North India evaluated using 
      patient health questionnaire-9.
PG  - 252-5
LID - 10.4103/2230-8210.149318 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Depression is common among diabetes, and is associated with poor 
      outcomes. However, the data on this important relationship are limited from 
      India. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to estimate the prevalence of depression in 
      patients with diabetes and to determine the association of depression with age, 
      sex, and other related parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was 
      cross-sectional carried out in endocrinology clinic of tertiary care hospital in 
      North India. Cases were patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) above 30 
      years of age. Depression was assessed using the patient health questionairre-9 
      (PHQ-9). The relationship with sociodemographic profile, duration of diabetes, 
      hypertension and microvascular complications was also analyzed. RESULTS: 
      Seventy-three subjects (57.5% females) with mean age 50.8 +/- 9.2 years were 
      evaluated. The prevalence of depression was 41%. Severe depression (PHQ score 
      >/=15) was present in 3 (4%) subjects, moderate depression (PHQ score >/=10) in 7 
      (10%) subjects, and mild depression was present in 20 (27%) of subjects. 
      Depression was significantly more prevalent in rural subjects (57%) when compared 
      to urban ones (31%, P = 0.049). Depression increased with presence of 
      microvascular complications, fasting plasma glucose, hypertension, but the 
      differences were not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS: Our study 
      demonstrates higher prevalence of depression in patients with type 2 diabetes. 
      Apart from being belonging to the rural area, no other factor was significantly 
      associated with depression. Therefore, depression should be assessed in each and 
      every patient, irrespective of other factors.
FAU - Thour, Amit
AU  - Thour A
AD  - Department of Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, 
      India.
FAU - Das, Subhash
AU  - Das S
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, 
      India.
FAU - Sehrawat, Tejasav
AU  - Sehrawat T
AD  - Department of Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, 
      India.
FAU - Gupta, Yashdeep
AU  - Gupta Y
AD  - Department of Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, 
      India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Endocrinol Metab
JT  - Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
JID - 101555690
PMC - PMC4319265
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Depression
OT  - diabetes
OT  - patient health questionnaire-9
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2015/03/03 06:00
MHDA- 2015/03/03 06:01
PMCR- 2015/03/01
CRDT- 2015/03/03 06:00
PHST- 2015/03/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/03/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/03/03 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - IJEM-19-252 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/2230-8210.149318 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Mar-Apr;19(2):252-5. doi: 
      10.4103/2230-8210.149318.