Abstract

IMPORTANCE OF DETECTING DEPRESSION IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS: A REVIEW

Mable Baby*, Chithra Paul, Dr. Alfet Raju Anthraper and Dr. K. Krishnakumar

ABSTRACT

Depression is one of the major co morbid complications present in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients which are mostly not diagnosed early. Increased depressive symptoms in diabetes patients will endanger the therapeutic compliance leads to reduced diabetes self care and thus quality of life. So the early detection and treatment is important to reduce the depressive symptoms and to improve patient health care. This paper highlights the importance of detecting depression in type 2 diabetic patients.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Depression, HbA1c.