A Study To Assess The Quality Of Life Among Type2 Diabetes Mellitus Clients In Urban Area Of Tirupati.

Abstract

Background: Depression in elderly diabetic population is a serious public health concern all over the globe, leading to unnecessary suffering, impaired functional status, non-adherence to diet, physical exercise, excessive use of health-care resources and increased mortality. Therefore, early detection and prompt intervention remains the mainstay to reduce the burden of the disease. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of depression among Type2 Diabetes Mellitus population and to determine the association between socio-demographic factors and depression.

Materials and Methods: 120 Type2 Diabetes Mellitus individuals were assessed. Geriatric Depression Scale was used to assess the level of depression. Data was analysed using MS Excel 2007 and SPSS version 26 for windows.

Results: The present study results suggest that most of the Type2 Diabetes Mellitus population were mild depressives (68.3%) as per GDS scale. About 19.2% were severe depressives and only 12.5% of study population were normal. Twenty-three (13 males and 10 females) were suffering from severe depression.

Conclusion: Depressive symptoms were positively associated with religion and body mass index. But there was no significant association between age, sex, type of family, caste, education, socio economic class and depression in our study.