02 March 2023: Clinical Research
Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated with Depression in 140 Hospitalized Diabetic Patients with Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy Evaluated Using Beck Depression Inventory and 6-Item Neuropathy Total Symptom Score Questionnaire
Piotr Dziemidok 1ABCDEF* , Daria Gorczyca-Siudak 1CDEF , Marta Makara-Studzińska 2ADFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.939043
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e939043
Table 3 Characteristics concerning way of treatment and severity of depression symptoms.
| Number | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of diabetes | Type 1 | 32 | 23% |
| Type 2 | 108 | 77% | |
| Administration of insulin | No | 27 | 19% |
| Yes | 113 | 81% | |
| Administration of oral diabetes medications | No | 101 | 72% |
| Yes | 39 | 29% | |
| Following a diabetic diet | Does not apply | 91 | 65% |
| In the last one week | 3 | 2% | |
| In the last one month | 5 | 4% | |
| In the last one year | 15 | 10.5% | |
| Longer than one year before | 26 | 18.5% | |
| Severity of depression | None | 49 | 35% |
| Mild | 55 | 39% | |
| Moderate | 23 | 17% | |
| Severe | 13 | 9% |