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Socio-economic Status and Depressive Symptoms in Diabetes Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

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  1. 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, Anurag Pharmacy College (Affiliated to JNTU Hyderabad), Kodad, Telangana, INDIA.

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Mohd Azharuddin

Department of Pharmacy Practice, Anurag Pharmacy College (Affiliated to JNTU Hyderabad), Kodad, Telangana, INDIA.

azharclinicalrx@gmail.com

Received: 21-09-2023; Revised: 16-10-2023; Accepted: 30-11-2023.

Volume 14, Issue 1 · pp. 225-231 · 2023 · DOI: 10.5530/ijpi.14.1.28

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Background: Diabetes is persistent illness that develops mostly when the body produces insufficient amount of the insulin hormone. The insulin hormone regulates blood glucose levels. In recent epidemiological research studies exposed that diabetes patients were likely to experience depression. Independent of glycemic control, insulin therapy, lifestyle variable and diabetes complications, severe hypoglycemia was strongly correlated with the intensity of depressive symptoms in individuals with DM2, who weren’t taking any antidepressants.Aim: The present study aimed to assess the impact of socio-economic status in the elevation of depressive symptoms among diabetes patients.Materials and Methods: A prospective cross-sectional observational study was conducted for the age of >30 to 100 with sample size of 215.Results: In our study in age group of 51-70 (52.06%), (72.55%) males, people with positive family history (57.67%), people with co-morbidities (65.49), illiterates (46.51%), skilled workers (37.67%) people with more than 1.80K (40%) showed major depressive symptoms, people with more than 1-5 years durations of disease (55.81%) showed major depression. According to socio-economic scale people belong to (40.93%) upper middle class are more prone to elevated depressive symptoms. According to PHQ-9 scale people showed more mild depression (38.13%).Conclusion: The study concludes that there are multiple factors like Age, Gender, Family history, Socio-economic status, can leads to depressive symptoms in diabetes patients.

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    Mupparapu, P., Azeenath, A., Firdous, T., Yeasmin, T., & Azharuddin, M. (2023). Socio-economic Status and Depressive Symptoms in Diabetes Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 14(1), 225-231. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijpi.14.1.28

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