Depression, urinary cortisol and social demographics characteristics in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Authors

  • Alexandra Bulgarelli do Nascimento Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Eliane Corrêa Chaves Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem; Departamento de Enfermagem Médico Cirúrgica
  • Sonia Aurora Alves Grossi Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem; Departamento de Enfermagem Médico Cirúrgica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342009000600022

Keywords:

Diabetes mellitus type 2, Depression, Nursing, Neuroendocrinology

Abstract

The objective this study was investigate the relationship between depression indicators and social-demographics characteristics in subjects with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2). The socio-demographic evaluation was conducted in a sample composed of 40 patients with DM2 from Diabetes League (HCFM-USP).Depression indicators were evaluated through the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in addition to urinary cortisol (CORT).The results showed that individuals with high education level,poor individual and familiar economic status in addition to history of broken stable relationship are more likely to depressive symptoms.

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Published

2009-12-01

Issue

Vol. 43 (2009): special issue 2

Section

Original Article

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Nascimento, A. B. do, Chaves, E. C., & Grossi, S. A. A. (2009). Depression, urinary cortisol and social demographics characteristics in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 43(spe2), 1272-1276. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342009000600022