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Comparison of complications in diabetic outpatients with or without mental illness
Robin Maskey1, Dhana Ratna Shakya, Sanjib Kumar Sharma
1Department of Internal Medicine, B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Abstract:
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and psychiatric illness are related in many ways by prevalence, burden, course, and outcome. Co-morbid mental illness may play a role in determining the complication in diabetic patients. This study was conducted in 2010 among consecutive diabetic out-patients diagnosed as per American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines 2009, of age above 14 years, to compare the complications in diabetic patients with or without mental illness. Diabetic neuropathies, cardiovascular complications, and morbid obesity were among the complications significantly more among diabetic patients with mental illness (GHQ-12 ≥ 2) than without mental illness (GHQ-12 ≤ 2).
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