Diabetes
depression is
associated with poorer diabetes care and blood glucose level.
Depression is more in people with diabetes compared to people without
diabetes.
Diabetes
depression overview
Major
depression is
present in 15% (approximately) of people with diabetes. Depression is
associated with unhealthy self-care behavior, bad blood glucose
management, health complications, inferior quality of life and
psychological well-being, increased family problems, and costly
healthcare.
The relation between depression and diabetes is
not clear. But studies show that people with diabetes have a greater
risk of depression than people without diabetes. Depression can develop
because of stress, still may also results from the metabolic effects of
diabetes on the brain.
There is some suggestion that the stress
of depression itself may lead to hyperglycemia in diabetics. Also a
diabetes patient with depression increases other complication of
diabetes such as diabetes retinopathy, hyperglycemia and diabetes
gastroparesis. Also recent studies have suggested that effective
treatment of depression can improve diabetic control.