title: [Hopelessness and depression in diabetic women].
abstract: The objective of the present work is to investigate the possible relations between hopelessness and depression in diabetic women. For the present investigation an exploratory, transversal, and not experimental study was carried out in a sample of 92 women, 30 type 1 diabetic women, 30 type 2 diabetic women and 32 women who did not suffer diabetes. The samples of diabetic women type 1 and 2 were extracted of a general hospital of the city of San Luis, in 2005. The group of women who did not suffer diabetic pathology belong to the general population. The results allowed to detect that the type 1diabetic women have higher scores in hopelessness and the type 2 diabetics, presented the highest scores in depression. The results show that diabetic patients must be taken care of in their medical, psychological and nutritional aspects in order to avoid limitations in their life project.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional de San Luis, San Luis, Argentina. nasetta@unsl.edu.ar
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Albanesi de Nasetta
authors.forename: Claribel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morales de Barbenza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires