title: Depression, anxiety and quality of life of family caregivers of patients with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It was our aim to investigate the quality of life (QOL) among family caregivers of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Short Form-36 QOL scale, Beck Depression Inventory and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Form were used to evaluate the presence and degree of depression and anxiety and their association with sociodemographic features of 50 family caregivers of diabetic patients compared to 54 controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The groups were similar in terms of age, sex, health insurance, educational status and marital and financial status. Beck Depression Inventory scores were significantly higher in family caregivers (p = 0.001) than in controls. Depression as a categorical variable was significantly more frequent among family caregivers of diabetic patients than among controls (p < 0.001). The social function component of the QOL of controls was better than that of family caregivers (p < 0.005). There was no difference between groups in terms of anxiety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Family caregivers of diabetic patients appeared to be more prone to depression and tended to have a poorer QOL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Trabzon Numune Education and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Turkey. ianaforoglu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Inan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anaforoğlu
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ramazanoğulları
authors.forename: Ekrem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Algün
authors.forename: Remzi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kutanis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult