Frequency of Depression in Diabetes - A Cross Sectional Study

Aim: To find frequency of depression in diabetes Study Design: Cross sectional Place & duration of study: AIMTH Sialkot Pakistan in May 2019. Methods: Adult diabetic patients giving written informed consent were administered Beck depressive inventory-II (BDI-II). Patients with other co-morbidities were excluded. 217 patients were included. Data of each patient was collected on a sheet and analyzed by SPSS v 23. Results: Of the total 217 patients included in the study 126 (58.06 %) had no depression. 43 (19.81%) were suffering from mild depression. 30 (13.82%) patients had moderate depression. Only 18 (8.29%) were suffering from severe depression. overall from the patients included in our study 91 (41.94%) were suffering from depression. Conclusion: Of the 217 patients included in our study 91 (41.94%) were suffering from depression. 43 (19.81%) had mild depression while 30 (13.82%) had moderate depression and 18 (8.29%) had severe depression