Why the study?
Comorbid T2DM and depression or anxiety increases coronary heart disease risk, but the relationship between psychological stress scores, cardiovascular risk factors, and disease severity needed quantification.
Population
169 clinically stable diabetic patients
Comparison
Patients without macrovascular complications vs patients with CAD, stroke, and/or peripheral vascular disease
Design
Retrospective study
Authors
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May indicate need for mental health screening in T2DM with CAD; leaves open causality and intervention effects.
More than half of patients with type 2 diabetes experience anxiety and/or depression, and those with macrovascular complications have significantly higher anxiety and social inhibition scores, highlighting the need for psychological monitoring.
Pah et al. (2019) studied this question.
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