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Nearly half of Mexican outpatients with type 2 diabetes experience depression (48.27%) and over half experience anxiety (55.10%), with diabetes complications serving as a significant shared risk factor for both conditions. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

May 18, 2012PLoS ONEOpen Access

Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression among Outpatients with Type 2 Diabetes in the Mexican Population

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Population

820 Mexican outpatients with type 2 diabetes

Outcome

Prevalence of depression and anxiety (estimated using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale) and associated risk factorspatient reported

A large proportion of Mexican outpatients with type 2 diabetes experience depression and anxiety, which are significantly associated with the presence of diabetes complications.

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Implication

High rates of depression and anxiety in T2D outpatients support screening; leaves open causality with complications.

Cite This Study

Tovilla‐Zárate et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bd507ea84844e355f0c3b https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036887

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