Open AccessPrevalence of Depression in Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus and its Impact on Quality of Life
Author(s) -
Ranjan Das,
O. P. Singh,
Rajarshi Guha Thakurta,
M R Khandakar,
Soegianto Ali,
Asim Kumar Mallick,
Paromita Roy,
Amit K Bhattacharrya
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.119502
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , incidence (geometry) , diabetes mellitus , rating scale , type 2 diabetes mellitus , psychiatry , psychology , endocrinology , developmental psychology , physics , nursing , optics , economics , macroeconomics
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a frequently encountered chronic metabolic disease with various complications throughout its course, which causes severe restriction and disability in an individual's life. It has been well documented that the incidence of depression is higher in diabetic patients and co-morbid depression causes further deterioration in the quality of life in diabetic patients.