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- Title
P03-12 - Anxiety and depression in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes
- Authors
Masmoudi, J.; Mnif, L.; Damak, R.; Charfi, N.; Zouari, H.; Zouari, N.; Jaoua, A.
- Abstract
Objective: The objective of this work was to study the prevalence of anxiety and depression in a population of elderly diabetics and their impact on the glycemic control and the disease evolution. Methods: It was a prospective, descriptive and analytical study on 62 elderly patients with type 2 diabetes. A structured questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data to describe the participants and aspects of their diabetes. Anxiety and depression symptoms were assessed with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Results: The patients’ mean age was 66.82 years with a standard deviation of 4.8. The diabetes study population was predominantly female (74.2%). Average duration of diabetes was 12 years with a standard deviation of 8.11. Prevalence of anxiety and depression in diabetic elderly patients was respectively 40.3% and 22.6% with a female dominance. 67.7% of elderly diabetes had poor glycemic control. Comparing anxiety mean scores, patients with worse glycemic control had significantly higher scores (9 06±3. 14 vs 6.55; p=0. 017). We didn’t found a relationship between depression and glycemic control. In our population, the presence of complications were significantly associated with anxiety and depression. Conclusion: Several studies have shown that the prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms in elderly patients with diabetes is considerably higher than in general population samples. Depression represent a risk factor for morbidity specially in elderly subjects, which justify a detection of psychiatric symptoms in order to improve the quality of life and the evolution of the disease.
- Subjects
ANXIETY; MENTAL depression; OLDER patients; PEOPLE with diabetes; COMORBIDITY; STANDARD deviations; BEHAVIORAL medicine
- Publication
European Psychiatry, 2011, Vol 26, p1181
- ISSN
0924-9338
- Publication type
Abstract
- DOI
10.1016/S0924-9338(11)72886-3