Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To evaluate the frequency of common risk factors for depression development in patients with the diabetes mellitus of the type 1 (DM1).

Materials and methods: 163 patients with DM1 at the age of 18–65 years old, period of DM is 11.18 (4.28; 22.33) years. The evaluation of the anxiety and depression level was carried out with the use of the Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS); a questionnaire was carried out with the use of specially developed form to reveal common risk factors for depression development. A study group was divided into two subgroups depending on the level of depression in accordance with the HADS: group 1 included patients with DM1 and depression (n=46) and group 2 included patients with DM1 without depression (n=117).

Results and conclusion: i) There are more patients that live alone (23.9% in comparison with 9.4% consequently, ρ=0.04) and person with disability status (69.6% in comparison with 47.9% consequently, ρ=0.03), among patients with DM1 and depression, than among patients with DM1 without depression. ii) The disability status is associated with the risk for depression development in DM1 (OR=2.41; P=0.01; 95% CI 1.16–4.19).