Generalized anxiety disorder in type 2 diabetes mellitus In Suleimaniya city

A. Saeed, Dara; M. Al-Saffar, Najat

	Generalized anxiety disorder in type 2 diabetes mellitus In Suleimaniya city
Medical Journal of Tikrit
Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 151, 2012, Pages 78-85
Authors
Dara A. Saeed; Najat M. Al-Saffar
Abstract
To determine the frequency of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) among type 2 diabetes mellitus (Types 2 DM); to study the possible relationship of these symptoms and socio- demographic characteristic. Also to compare the results of the studied group patients with other studies in different cultures. Two hundred patients with type 2 DM (which are diagnosed by senior physician) were selected from attendants of out-patient clinic of Sulaymania General Teaching Hospital during the period from 1st March 2007 to 1st September 2007. The presence of GAD was diagnosed by using a semi-structural interview based on (ICD-10) criteria and GHQ-30. The studied group was matched for age, sex, occupation and marital state with (200) healthy control for comparison. Showed that the rate of GAD in patients with type 2 DM was (40%) which highly significant compared (18%) control (i.e P-valueƒ¬ 0.001). (38.3%) of our cases of type 2 DM with GAD were in the age group (50-59) years. The rate of GAD is higher among female (42.8%) than male (36.3%) P-valueƒ¬ 0.05. The rate of GAD is higher among housewives (50%) versus (17%) control P-valueƒ¬ 0.05 and higher GAD among divorces (63.5%) widows (61.1%) compare to the control. The study revealed that high rate of GAD in type 2 diabetes mellitus, the result of the study are similar to some western study
Keywords
Generalized anxiety disorder in type

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