P-611 - Differences in emotional states of anxiety, depression and stress between patients with diabetes mellitus and psychiatric outpatients to the general population in Greece

Abstract

Introduction:Managing diabetes is an overwhelming task, particularly for the newly diagnosed patient. Many diabetics struggle to cope with the requirements of the disease and the complications that it causes. as a result, many diabetics suffer from depression which is the most common psychiatric disorder witnessed in the diabetic population.Objectives:To compare the levels the emotional states of anxiety, depression and stress in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) to the general population and chronic patients with psychological problems.Aims:To reveille the significant differences between those patients.Methods:We conducted a survey in a random sample of 279 patients with diabetes Mellitus (DM), 109 psychiatric outpatients (PO) and 383 healthy adults (C), using the Depression Anxiety Stress scale (DASSI-42). Statistical analysis was conducted with SPSS 16 for windows. ANOVA test was used to reveille the statistical significance between the groups in anxiety, stress, depression and total Scale.Results:Patients with DM had a significant difference to the PO patients and C in anxiety (MDPO = −12.251 p < .001), (MDC = 1.303 p < .001). They also had a significant difference from the PO in stress (MDPO = −11.465 p < .001), depression (MDPO = −15.751 p < .001), and total DASS (MDPO = −39.566 p < .001). Patients with DM had no significant difference to the control group in the above domains.Conclusions:Analysis shows that patient with DM who are under medical treatment experience anxiety in a greater level than the general population, but in terms of stress and depression they are in the same level to the general population.