DIABETIC PATIENTS

MORBIDITY OF DEPRESSION ATTENDING INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DIABETIC CLINIC FAISALABAD

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of study was to measure the prevalence depression
level in diabetic patients. Sample and studied sources: Total sixty patients were randomly
who a in medical OPD with diabetes both male and female patients were included in study
formal approval was taken from hospital administration. Hypothesis: Depression level may
be height in diabetic patients after taking informed consent patients were interviewed. Period:
Data collection was completed during May to June, 2014. Material and method: Depression
can be measured by use Beck depression inventory, a structured psychiatric diagnostic tool
after which the diagnosis can be made according to criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical
Manual of Psychiatric Disorders (DSM IV). However, these interviews are time consuming; for
my population it’s difficult to understand the English there for patient convert question were
asked in Urdu these questionnaires are often used as a screening instrument. Demographic
Interview form: Demographic personal information was obtained through items which focus
on subject name, father name, age, gender marital status education, occupation, sibling, family
structure, family history of disease, random blood sugar, fasting blood sugar, duration of illness
and other complication. Beck’s Depression Inventory Results: The statistics analysis revealed
that depression level is high in diabetic patients. Correlation is significance at 0.05.