Exercise and Quality of Life

Valencia, Willy Marcos; Flórez, Hermes

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61013-9_15

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“…Groot in his meta-analysis demonstrated a clinically significant relation between diabetic complications like neuropathy, retinopathy, sexual dysfunction and macro vascular complication and depression. 7 In a meta-analysis of 39 studies, 11% of diabetic patients met the diagnosis of co morbid major depressive disorder (MDD) and 31% experienced significant depressive symptoms. Another observation was that prevalence of depression in patients with diabetes was significantly higher in women than men (28% and 18%, respectively; P <0.0001).…”

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Prevalence of depression among type2 diabetes mellitus in Pakistani population

Naeem¹,

Shuaib²,

Abid³

et al. 2019

TPMJ

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Introduction: Diabetes is a very prevalent problem in Pakistan. Depression along with diabetes affects not only quality of life but compliance and management of patient. Various studies have found high prevalence of depression among T2DM depression. In our study we shall determine the prevalence of depression among T2DM patients in Pakistan. Period: May 2017 to December 2017. Objectives: The objective of this study was to find out the prevalence of depression in Type2 diabetes mellitus patients. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Setting: Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre Karachi. Results: Mean PHQ- Score is 10.83±5.6. 81.9% had PHQ Score > 4. According to PHQ-9 scale, 18.1% (n=30) had no depression, 26.5% (n=44) had moderately severe depression and 3.6% (n=6) had severe depression. In our study females had more severe depression in comparison with male (5.2% vs. 0%). Conclusion: Depression is very common in Pakistan among Type 2 Diabetic patients. Antidepressant has key role to break the vicious cycle of depression and type2 diabetes mellitus diabetes.

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