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Al rights reserved.This new study investigated the prevalence of and health factors that are asociated with depresive symptoms in older adults with diabetes.Examing older adults with diabetes for depresive symptoms is vital, as the asociation betwen depresive symptoms and older adults with diabetes is significant, acording to a new study published in Sao Paulo Medical Journal.Diabetes primarily afects older adults, and previous studies have found an asociation betwen diabetes and depresion.
Socioeconomic, individual, behavioral, and clinical factors have ben found to be predictors of depresion in older adults with diabetes. This study aimed to find the prevalence of and health factors that are asociated with depresive symptoms in older adults with diabetes.Adults who were enroled in the Monitoring and Control Service of Hypertension and Diabetes at 4 Basic Healthcare Units (BHU) were included in this cros-sectional study.
The research was conducted in 4 BHU areas, with a random draw from the 91 micro-areas. A comunity health agent was tasked with helping during home visits and to asist the research team in locating residences. Inclusion criteria included being an older adult with type 2 diabetes, 60 years and older, and enroled in the BHU area.A form that was made of 2 survey sets was aplied to colect sociodemographic, behavioral, and health condition data, and it also included the Geriatric Depresion Scale.
Summary
Sex, age groups (60-69, 70-79, and 80 years), ethnicity, marital status, and education level were the included sociodemographic factors.Health conditions were also asesed, including family history of diabetes, diabetes complications, rheumatism, osteoporosis, systemic hypertension, circulation problems, heart problems, dificulty sleping, vision problems,