Screening of depression in early onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Health Research - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 7
Abstract
Introduction: Depression and diabetes happen to be very related since the occurrence of one leads to the occurrence of the other. Materials and Methods: This research used 60 human subjects who have been diagnosed to have the early onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Among the many depression screening tools, the Beck Depression (BDI) Inventory was used to get the levels of depression among the patients. Results: Having used three grouping of age, gender, and race, the following percentage ratios were obtained. Millennials: Generation X: Baby Boomers = 63:42:13. Male: Female= 51:49. American Indian: African American: Asian: Native Hawaiian: White = 2:27:3:3:65. Discussion: Young people showed extreme levels of depression respectively. Gender seemed to be a balance but the males are more likely to be at a higher risk. Conclusion: People need to watch out for the lifestyles of their children as well as the kind of lifestyles of the male gender to reduce cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus, which leads to high levels of depression.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Sandesh ` KS, Dr. Jayanth Kumar, Dr. Poonam M, Dr. Caroline PD Souza
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