[Psychiatric disorders in patients with diabetes type 2 at medical care and training district of Rio Branco-Acre, Brazil].
BACKGROUND
Studies have established higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders in diabetic patients.


OBJECTIVE
To describe the socio-demographic and clinic characteristics and to compare the frequency of them in the diabetic and non-diabetic populations.


METHODS
Transversal study with comparing groups. Eighty four diabetic patients were compared with similar number of non-diabetic gathered with respect to gender, age and place of residency.


RESULTS
Generalised Anxiety Disorder was frequent in both groups: 73.8% in diabetics and 65.5% in non-diabetics. The Phobic-Anxious Disorders represented 42.8% in diabetic group and 31.5% in non-diabetic. The rates of Mood Disorders were 53.5% in diabetics and 29.1% in non-diabetics, where only the categories Suicidal Risk (p=0.03) and Past Hypo-Maniac Episode (p=0.006) were of statistical significance for diabetics.


CONCLUSIONS
anxiety and mood disorders were the most frequent, and predominant in diabetic patients.
Clavijo
Milagros
M
Faculdade de Medicina da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil. joacre@uol.com.br
Carvalho
José Joaquim
JJ
Rios
Márcio
M
de Oliveira
Irismar Reis
IR
D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000523:psychology*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors