Tesfa Dejenie Habtewold|Sisay Mulugeta Alemu|Yohannes Haile
Sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors associated with depression among type 2 diabetic outpatients in Black Lion General Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
Debre Berhan University|International Rescue Committee|Debre Berhan University
depression common comorbidity among patients type 2 diabetes several reports supporting bidirectional association depression type 2 diabetes however limited data nonwestern countries therefore aim study assess sociodemographic clinical psychosocial factors associated comorbid depression among type 2 diabetic outpatients presenting black lion general specialized hospital addis ababa ethiopiathis institution based crosssectional study design conducted random sample 276 type 2 diabetic outpatients type 2 diabetes patients evaluated depression administering validated nineitem patient health questionnaire phq9 risk factors depression among type 2 diabetes patients identified using multiple logistic regression analysisin total 264 study participants interviewed response rate 956 prevalence depression 447 multivariate analysis statistically significant risk factors depression monthly family income 650 pvalue 0056 20 95 ci 101 42 presence 3 diabetic complications pvalue 003 33 95 ci 11 100 diabetic nephropathy pvalue 001 29 95 ci 12 67 negative life events pvalue 001 24 95 ci 12 45 poor social support pvalue 0001 27 95 ci 15 50this study demonstrated depression common comorbid health problem prevalence rate 447 presence diabetic complications low monthly family income diabetic nephropathy negative life event poor social support statistically significant risk factors associated depression presume burden mental health especially depression high population type 2 diabetes mellitus comorbidity therefore specific attention needed diagnose early treat promptly