Table 2.
Prevalence of anxiety and depression among Egyptian diabetics.
| Parameter | Anxiety | Depression | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal or borderline (N = 420) | Abnormal (N = 259) | Normal or borderline (N = 447) | Abnormal (N = 232) | ||
| General demographics | |||||
| Gender | Male | 160 (68.1%) | 75 (31.9%) | 166 (70.6%) | 69 (29.4%) |
| Female | 260 (58.6%) | 184 (41.4%) | 281 (63.3%) | 163 (36.7%) | |
| Age | <50 years | 202 (64.7%) | 110 (35.3%) | 238 (76.3%) | 74 (23.7%) |
| >50 years | 218 (59.4%) | 149 (40.6%) | 209 (56.9%) | 158 (43.1%) | |
| Diabetes-related demographics | |||||
| Diabetes duration | <10 years | 309 (63.8%) | 175 (36.2%) | 335 (69.2%) | 149 (30.8%) |
| >10 years | 111 (56.9%) | 84 (43.1%) | 112 (57.4%) | 83 (42.6%) | |
| Insulin therapy | Yes | 171 (58.2%) | 123 (41.8%) | 202 (68.7%) | 92 (31.3%) |
| No | 249 (64.7%) | 136 (35.3%) | 245 (63.6%) | 140 (36.4%) | |
| Complications | |||||
| Peripheral painful neuropathy | Present | 262 (58.4%) | 187 (41.6%) | 269 (59.9%) | 180 (40.1%) |
| Not present | 158 (68.7%) | 72 (31.3%) | 178 (77.4%) | 52 (22.6%) | |
| Neuropathy | Present | 80 (56.3%) | 62 (43.7%) | 65 (45.8%) | 77 (54.2%) |
| Not present | 340 (63.3%) | 197 (36.7%) | 382 (71.1%) | 155 (28.9%) | |
| Retinopathy | Present | 126 (55.5%) | 101 (44.5%) | 128 (56.4%) | 99 (43.6%) |
| Not present | 294 (65%) | 158 (35%) | 319 (70.6%) | 133 (29.4%) | |
| Foot ulcer | Present | 69 (55.6%) | 55 (44.4%) | 81 (65.8%) | 43 (34.7%) |
| Not present | 351 (63.2%) | 204 (36.8%) | 366 (65.9%) | 189 (34.1%) | |
| Sexual dysfunction | Present | 19 (48.7%) | 20 (51.3%) | 19 (48.7%) | 20 (51.3%) |
| Not present | 401 (62.7%) | 239 (37.3%) | 428 (66.9%) | 212 (33.1%) | |
| Number of complications | One | 273 (66.7%) | 136 (33.3%) | 304 (74.3%) | 105 (25.7%) |
| Two or more | 147 (54.4) | 123 (45.6%) | 143 (53%) | 127 (47%) | |
| Other parameters | |||||
| Reasons for being in the hospital | Regular follow up | 119 (61.7%) | 74 (38.3%) | 141 (73%) | 52 (27%) |
| Coma or spasm | 25 (49%) | 26 (51%) | 18 (35.3%) | 33 (64.7%) | |
| Foot ulcer | 25 (59.5%) | 17 (40.5%) | 32 (76.2%) | 10 (23.8%) | |
| High blood sugar | 251 (63.9%) | 142 (36.1%) | 256 (65.1%) | 137 (34.9%) | |
| Presence of co-morbid hypertension | Present | 201 (57.1%) | 151 (42.9%) | 212 (60.2%) | 140 (39.8%) |
| Not present | 219 (67%) | 108 (33%) | 235 (71.9%) | 92 (28.1%) | |
This table shows classify the sample according to the levels of depression and anxiety into normal and abnormal/borderline.
Data in this table are represented as frequency (percentage).