Depression, factors that increase the risk of death from diabetes!

Depression and diabetes are conditions that affect many people.  Some people suffer from it at the same time.  However, research has shown that among diabetic patients, those with depression have a higher risk of death than those without depression.  It is one of the important symptoms of depression.  Let's find out about this.

Depression, factors that increase the risk of death from diabetes!

Reference materials

• Health Chosun in Korea on October 31, 2023

 

Results

The study was conducted by a research team at New Mexico State University in the United States.  Data from the International Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to analyze 14,920 adults, and the data was linked to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention death records to determine participants' risk of death.

As a result of the analysis, diabetic patients had a 1.7 times higher risk of death than normal people.  Moreover, people with both diabetes and depression had a 4.24 times higher risk of death than normal people.  It is one of the important symptoms of depression that increases the risk of death from diabetes.

The research team identified emotional difficulties caused by depression and financial burden related to the disease as factors that increased the risk of death.  Depression and diabetes worsen due to insufficient disease management and decreased cognitive ability, which increases the risk of death by increasing the likelihood of developing other diseases and increasing economic burden.

How to deal with depression symptoms

The countermeasures suggested by the research team are as follows.

• Identify people suffering from both diabetes and depression through appropriate screening tests
• Integrated management after selection as a high-risk group
• Recommends incorporating treatment to improve mental health into diabetes treatment

As anyone suffering from it knows, depression itself is a disease that debilitates the body and mind.  Quality of life and life expectancy should be improved by not worsening problems such as risk of death due to depression.  Please take good care of your health.