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Diabetes and Depression
Can Our Emotional State Affect Our Diabetes?
The information below refers to a study performed by Ann Engun and Associates. The article was published by Diabetes Care. Click here for the original article.Can depression affect our blood glucose levels and our diabetes?
Studies have shown that there is a connection between depression and diabetes. Depression has been shown to elevate blood glucose levels.
What results did scientists derive from this study?
Researchers invited over 90,000 individuals from Norway to take part in a diabetes study. The results were collected from 1995 to 1007. Approximately 65,000 local residents ranging from 20 to 89 came forth to take part in the study. Of the population measured, 223 had type I diabetes, 958 had type 2 diabetes, and 359 had other illnesses that were similar to diabetes.
What physical and socioeconomic factors were studied?
Research looked at various physical and socioeconomic aspects such as education levels, smoking, and the presence of a spouse. Researchers also looked at the levels of physical activity among individuals with and without diabetes.
Other studies have also discovered a link between depression and aspects of a person's lifestyle, such as marital status, level of wealth, obesity, smoking, or any physical disabilities if present. This particular study proposed to determine if there is a distinct connection between diabetes and depression while controlling for other variables. Researchers also looked at the link between depression and high blood glucose levels. Patients rated their own levels of depression with a long established depression scale.
What were some of the main findings of the study? In the first set of results depression was linked with chronic illness for type 2 diabetics but not type 1 diabetics. People with diabetes type 2 who did not have any other health ailments were no more likely to be depressed as people with diabetes. Second, high blood glucose and depression was not connected with any form of diabetes. Third, the factors that were linked with depression in type 1 and type 2 diabetes were also linked with depression in the general populace.
Results
The results indicates that just having diabetes did not on its own make a person more likely to be depressed. On the other hand, individuals with diabetes were more likely to have other diseases. The presence of several diseases along with diabetes did in fact increase the occurrence of depression.
What conclusions may we infer from the results of this study?
Many factors, including physical and socioeconomic, can contribute to depression. Some of these factors include a person's level of exercise, disability and disease. This study did not find a direct link between diabetes and depression. However, a number of medical illnesses, including diabetes, can make someone more likely to succumb to depression.
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