Depression happens more often — with type 2 diabetes
Depressive disorders are widespread. They can occur at almost any age. It has been established, for example, that in the United States 6% of children and adolescents under the age of 17 suffer from them, and in retirement age — 35% of cases, and there are more women— they account for two-thirds of those suffering from depression. In the general population over the age of 65, depression occurs in 8-10% of cases, over 80 years old — this is every fourth …
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There have been several extensive medical and statistical studies of the prevalence of mental disorders in diabetes mellitus. It turned out that depression among patients with diabetes mellitus occurs in 46% of cases (among healthy individuals in the control group — less than 20%). Employees of the Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, USA) have observed about 80 thousand women aged 54 to 79 for 6 years. During this time, 4654 women died, including about a thousand — from cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, among women suffering from concomitant diabetes and depression, the mortality rate was 2 times higher than in only one of these diseases.
Depressive states are more common in type 2 diabetes than in type 1 diabetes
Another study examined mortality in four populations: those without diabetes or depression; those who have depression without diabetes mellitus; those who have diabetes without depression; and those who have diabetes with depression. And here are the results. If the mortality rate in the first group is taken as 100, then in the second group it was 130, in the third — 200, in the fourth — 325.
According to the University of Washington School of Medicine, depression occurs in 10% of men and 20% of women with diabetes, which is twice as high as in the general population. In four states of North America — Maryland, Pennsylvania, California and North Carolina, data on 4680 people with an average age of 73 years were studied. A study of medical records revealed that an increased risk of diabetes accompanies any form of depression, from isolated episodes to progressive chronic depression.
Depression occurs in 10% of men and 20% of women with diabetes
University of Washington School of Medicine
It was also noted that depressive states are more common in type 2 diabetes than in type 1 diabetes. It is assumed that this is due to the difference in the age of patients — the second type prevails in the elderly, who are more prone to depression of varying severity than the young. And here is the latest (2011) conclusion of the American Medical Association): the combination of depression and diabetes mellitus significantly increases the risk of death from cardiovascular and other diseases.