Open AccessOccurrence and predictors of depression and poor quality of life among patients with Type-2 diabetes: A Northern India perspective
Author(s) -
Prerna Bahety,
Gunjan Agarwal,
Deepak Khandelwal,
Deep Dutta,
Sanjay Kalra,
Pankaj Taparia,
Vasudha Singhal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_123_17
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , glycated hemoglobin , diabetes mellitus , quality of life (healthcare) , type 2 diabetes mellitus , odds ratio , type 2 diabetes , coronary artery disease , anthropometry , nephropathy , endocrinology , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Globally, depression has been linked to Type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, similar data from India are scant. This study evaluated the occurrence and predictors of depression and health-related quality of life (QOL) in patients with T2DM as compared to healthy controls.