title: Depressive symptoms and quality of life in adolescents with type 2 diabetes: baseline data from the TODAY study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study objective was to examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms and relationships to quality of life and demographics in the Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth (TODAY) study's large, ethnically diverse youth with type 2 diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 704 youth with type 2 diabetes <2 years' duration, aged 10-17 years, and BMI ≥85th percentile completed depressive symptoms and quality of life measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Some 14.8% reported clinically significant depressive symptoms, and older girls had significantly higher rates than older boys.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rates of significant depressive symptoms were similar to those of healthy adolescents and lower than those of teens with type 1 diabetes. Elevated depressive symptoms, particularly in older girls, suggest clinicians assess vulnerability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Section of Psychology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. bja@bcm.edu
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edelstein
authors.forename: Natalie Walders
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Abramson
authors.forename: Lorraine E Levitt
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Patrice M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Sylvia J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lavietes
authors.forename: Paula M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Trief
authors.forename: Sherida E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Tollefsen
authors.forename: Siripoom Vudhipoom
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kringas
authors.forename: Terri Lynn
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: Marsha D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Marcus
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012737:Sex Factors