Depressive symptoms and risk factors in Chinese persons with type 2 diabetes

Our objective was to study depressive symptoms and potential risk factors in Chinese persons with type 2 diabetes. Zung self-rating depression scale (ZSDS) was used to scan depressive symptoms. Correlation between depressive symptoms and sociodemographic and medical factors were analyzed by logistic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of medical research 2004-07, Vol.35 (4), p.301-307
Hauptverfasser: Xu, Ling, Ren, Jianmin, Cheng, Mei, Tang, Kuanxiao, Dong, Ming, Hou, Xinguo, Sun, Lei, Chen, Li
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Zusammenfassung:Our objective was to study depressive symptoms and potential risk factors in Chinese persons with type 2 diabetes. Zung self-rating depression scale (ZSDS) was used to scan depressive symptoms. Correlation between depressive symptoms and sociodemographic and medical factors were analyzed by logistic regression. Of 222 patients with type 2 diabetes (115 males, 107 females, age 56.36 ± 12.67 years, disease duration 7.36 ± 6.32 years), a total of 51 (23.0%) patients were categorized as having depressive symptoms. Percentage of depressive symptoms in females was higher than in males (29.0% vs. 17.6%, χ 2 = 4.2, p
ISSN:0188-4409
1873-5487
DOI:10.1016/j.arcmed.2004.04.006