Gender wise difference in depression level amongst patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Background: The World Health Organization estimates that 220 million individuals worldwide have diabetes mellitus, with 80% of those people living in poor nations and a death rate of 5% annually. Objective: To assess the gender wise difference in depression level amongst patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methodology: The current cross sectional study was carried out at Balochistan Institute of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Bolan Medical Complex Hospital Quetta from August 2019 to August 2020. Informed consent was taken in written from all the participants. A pre-designed proforma was then used to collect all the required information’s. The SPSS version 24.0 was used to input and analyze the data. Results: In our study, a total of 120 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients were enrolled. The male participants in our study were 60 (50%) while female participants were 60 (50%). The mean age (SD) in our study was 46 (12.1) years. Based on the gender wise difference of depression amongst diabetic patients, mild depression was observed amongst 36 (30%) females and 27 (22.5%) males; Moderate depression was observed amongst 18 (15%) females and 9 (7.5%) males while severe depression was observed amongst 28 (23.33%) females and 18 (15%) males.