title: Assessment of depressive symptoms in people with diabetes mellitus and foot ulcers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the intensity of symptoms of depression in patients with diabetic foot ulcers.
  
  
  METHODS
  a exploratory, descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study was held at the wound clinic of a public hospital in Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil. Fifty patients with diabetes mellitus and foot ulcers were enrolled. To assess the intensity of the symptoms of depression, a Beck Depression inventory was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 50 patients evaluated, 41 had some degree of depressive symptoms and 32 (64%) had moderate depression, with symptoms of self-loathing, grief, body image distortion and decreased libido.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with diabetic foot ulcers showed varying degrees of depressive symptoms.
authors: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, SP, Brasil. salomereiki@yahoo.com.br
authors: Geraldo Magela
authors: GM
authors: Salomé
authors: Leila
authors: L
authors: Blanes
authors: Lydia Masako
authors: LM
authors: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires