Quality of life, Anxiety & Depression of Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study on Garhwal Region

Objectives: The present study aims to assess the quality of life, anxiety & depression level in type 2 diabetic patients and to compare the quality of life and anxiety & depression level between male and female patients. Methods: 120 type 2 diabetic patients (male-60 & female-60) were included in this study. Their ages ranged between 40-86 years (group M±SD, 57.16 ± 9.38). Signed informed consent was obtained from all the patients.  The patients willing to participate in the study were included and those having cognitive impairment and major psychiatric illness were excluded from the study. The sample was collected from Guru Tegbahadur Hospital, Dehradun & Pilkhi Hospital, Ghansali Uttarakhand. Quality of life was assessed by the Quality-of-life SF-36 and anxiety and depression was assessed by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS).  Pearson’s correlation was used to determine the correlation between the quality of life and anxiety & depression of type 2 diabetic patients.  T-test was used to analyze the data. Result: There was a significant negative correlation between the score of quality of life and anxiety & depression in type 2 diabetic patients. There is no significant difference found between genders in their Quality of life, anxiety & depression level. Conclusion: The data revealed that there is a negative correlation between the quality of life and anxiety and depression so it is clear that quality of life might change the thinking patterns of diabetic patients which directly influence the rate of chances of having anxiety and depression.