Key result
There was no statistically significant association found between anxiety or depression and the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or asthma among the surveyed adults.
Why the study?
Psychiatric disorders can result in physiological imbalances and chronic diseases, and chronic conditions can also predispose patients to psychiatric illnesses, prompting an assessment of the relationship between psychological disorders, diabetes mellitus, and asthma.
Cross-Sectional (n=304)
In a small cross-sectional study of adults in Saudi Arabia, no significant association was found between anxiety or depression and the presence of diabetes mellitus or asthma.
No association in cross-sectional data does not support screening changes; leaves open longitudinal causal links.
Background: Depression is a mood disorder that affects the daily functions negatively, while anxiety disorders are the most commonly diagnosed mental disorders. Increased blood pressure, palpitations, hyperglycemia and other chronic diseases and physiological imbalances can result from various psychiatric disorders. They can also predispose the patients to psychiatric illnesses. This study aims to assess the relationship between Psychological Disorders, Diabetes Mellitus and Asthma among adults in Saudi Arabia in 2022. Methods: A cross-sectional study, targeted adults in a sample of 304 adults. Through paper-based questionnaires using Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) in Arabic and English languages. Data cleared, coded and entered using Statistical Package for Social Science and Microsoft
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Marwa et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Diabetes Mellitus, Asthma, Anxiety, Depression (n=304). Diabetes Mellitus and Asthma vs. Adults without Diabetes Mellitus or Asthma was evaluated on Association of anxiety and depression with diabetes mellitus and asthma. There was no statistically significant association found between anxiety or depression and the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or asthma among the surveyed adults.
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