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Depressive symptoms in African‐American type 1 diabetics
Author(s) -
Roy Alec,
Roy Monique
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6394(2001)13:1<28::aid-da4>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - beck depression inventory , type 2 diabetes , depression (economics) , logistic regression , medicine , diabetes mellitus , depressive symptoms , diabetic retinopathy , psychiatry , clinical psychology , anxiety , endocrinology , economics , macroeconomics
This study examined depressive symptoms and their correlates in African‐American patients with type 1 diabetes. Five‐hundred eighty‐one diabetics participated in a study on risk factors for retinopathy in African‐Americans with type 1 diabetes. Evaluations included structured interview, ocular examination, blood test, and completion of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Among the 581 diabetic patients, 159 (26.9%) had a BDI score >14. Significantly more of these patients were unemployed, had less education, lower socio‐economic status, and less personal and family income than those who had a BDI ≤14. Also, significantly more patients with a BDI score >14 had proliferative retinopathy and were receiving disability payments. In the multiple logistic regression, two factors that significantly and independently associated with the BDI score >14 were unemployment or not working due to disability. Both socio‐economic and diabetic variables are associated with depressive symptoms among African‐American patients with type 1 diabetes. Depression and Anxiety 13:28–31, 2001. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.