Psychiatric Morbidity In Iraqi Diabetic Patients

PSYCH,; Al-Yasiri, Abdul-Rasoul; MRCP,; DPM,

	Psychiatric Morbidity In Iraqi Diabetic Patients
KUFA MEDICAL JOURNAL
Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 309-319
Authors
; Abdul-Rasoul Al-Yasiri; ;
Abstract
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder characterized by impaired metabolism of glucose due to deficiency or ineffectiveness of endogenously excreted insulin, this chronic disorder is associated with late development of vascular, neurological and psychological complications. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among the diabetic patients attending the diabetic clinics in Baghdad and to relate this morbidity to demographic state of those patients. Method: The study sample includes 80 patients 31 male, 49 female; it was carried out at the Baghdad Teaching Hospital, medical out patient clinic and in national centre for treating diabetes in Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital. The period of the study was for 1 year from 1st of June 2006 to 1st of June 2007, the age’s range of the sample is between 20-60 years, were includes both types of diabetes mellitus. General health questionnaire and semi-structure interview in were adopted. Results: The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among the diabetic patients attending the diabetic clinics in Baghdad (52.5%). Among these psychiatric cases depression was found to be the 1st diagnosis (30%) followed by general anxiety disorder (22.5%). Conclusions: There is high psychiatric morbidity among the diabetic patients presented mainly as depression and general anxiety disorder, in addition to high physical complications. Further studies are recommended for confirmation.

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