Sharma, PreetiKumar, SantoshSharma, C.S.Dixit, VidhataRathi, HarshArya, Viddur2020-09-242020-09-242019-06Sharma Preeti, Kumar Santosh, Sharma C.S., Dixit Vidhata, Rathi Harsh, Arya Viddur. Psychiatric Morbidity in Cancer Patients. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research . 2019 Jun; 6(6): f9-f142393-915X2454-7379http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/202402Introduction: Type-2 diabetes mellitus is a common, chronic metabolic disorder with multiple complications if not well controlled. Depression is a very common psychiatric comorbidity in these patients. Multiple environmental and patient related factors are linked with this co-morbidity. It is important to address depression and related factors in these patients for a better outcome. This study aimed to assess depression and distribution of various socio-demographic and clinical details in patients of type-2 diabetes mellitus. Material and Methods: Using a purposive sampling technique, a total of 118 patients of type-2 diabetes mellitus who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria of this study were enrolled. They were administered Hamilton Depression Rating Scale to assess depression. Overall 66.1% of the patients had co-morbidity of depression. Results: Significantly more number of patients of type-2 diabetes mellitus with co-morbid depression were unmarried (41% vs 15%, χ2=9.029, df=2, p<.05), unemployed/unskilled workers (21.8% vs 5% / 73.1% vs 55%, χ2=24.893, df=2, p<.01), from lower socio-economic status (71.8% vs 52.5%, χ2=4.342, df=1, p<.05), joint family (33.3% vs 7.5%, χ2=9.519, df=1, p<.05) and rural background (82.1% vs 62.5%, χ2=5.453, df=1, p<.05), and had poor control of the level of HbA1c (55.1% vs 2.5%, χ2=41.022, df=2, p<.01) than those without co-morbid depression. There was a significant negative correlation of years in education with HAM-D total score (r=-.471, p<0.01). Conclusion: A co-morbidity of depression is very common in patients of type-2 diabetes mellitus and various sociodemographic and clinical factors are linked to this comorbidity. It is important to address these issues for the sake of overall better outcome in type-2 diabetes mellitus.DepressionCo-morbidityType-2 Diabetes MellitusJournal ArticleIndiaJunior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital, Bareilly (U.P.)Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital, Bareilly (U.P.)Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital, Bareilly (U.P.)Lecturer (Clinical Psychology), Department of Psychiatry, Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital, Bareilly (U.P.)Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, F.H. Medical College and Hospital, NH-2, Etamadpur, Agra (U.P.)Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Rohilkhand Medical College and Hospital, Bareilly (U.P.), India