title: Association of depression and anxiety with diabetes mellitus type 2 concerning some sociological factors.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diabetes is a metabolic disorder with a high worldwide prevalence. It has been reported that diabetic patients are more prone to depression and anxiety.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of depression and anxiety among diabetic patients with regards to some factors such as age, gender, level of education and occupational status.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and eighty four diabetic patients have participated in this study. To assess the severity of depression and anxiety Beck depression inventory and Beck anxiety inventory questionnaire were used respectively. Binary logistic regressions were used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of the present study have shown that 70.7% of the diabetic patients were suffered from depression. Besides, 69.6% of them were diagnosed with anxiety. According to the result, diabetes related depression is affected by sex (OR: 2.767), age (OR: 2.222), level of education (OR: 4.145) and job status (OR: 3.901). It has been also resulted that gender (OR: 2.274), age (OR: 2.706) and Job Status (OR: 2.441) are the effective factors leading to anxiety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Depression and anxiety have higher prevalence among diabetic patients and some sociological factors such as age, gender, job and education are related to these psychological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, Isfahan, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palizgir
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakhtiari
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Esteghamati
keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2