Key result
Education, functional impact, and financial stress significantly predicted depression in Latino and European-American patients with type 2 diabetes, accounting for 43-55% of the variance.
Why the study?
What are the independent and cumulative contributions of diabetes and other life stresses on depression and anxiety in Latino and European-American patients with type 2 diabetes?
Cross-Sectional (n=188)
Yes
What are the independent and cumulative contributions of diabetes and other life stresses on depression and anxiety in Latino and European-American patients with type 2 diabetes?
In patients with type 2 diabetes, depression and anxiety are significantly predicted by a combination of life stresses including education, functional impact, and financial stress, rather than diabetes alone.
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These stressors may warrant assessment alongside glycemic control in T2D depression screening; cross-sectional data leaves open causal roles and intervention targets.
Fisher et al. (2001) conducted a cross-sectional in Type 2 diabetes (n=188). Life stresses (demographics, disease status, and family stress) was evaluated on Depression (CES-D) and anxiety (SCL-90). Education, functional impact, and financial stress significantly predicted depression in Latino and European-American patients with type 2 diabetes, accounting for 43-55% of the variance.
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