Author | Year of publication | Sample size | Country of study | Association with SES | Recommended intervention | Clinical assessment | Analysis |
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Agbir | 2010 | 160 | Nigeria | No significant association between patients with diabetes and depression and SES | Screen people with diabetes for depression especially those at “high risk” (e.g.: unmarried females); increase patient compliance to treatment, prevent complications, improve quality of life. | Clinical assessment of depression and blood glucose | Association of depression with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes among adults |
Eren | 2008 | 108 | Turkey | Negative correlation with SES (education) | Early detection and treatment of depression in people with diabetes. | Clinical assessment of depression and blood glucose | Impact of depression on diabetic quality of life. |
James | 2010 | 400 | Nigeria | SES(Education, occupation, income) | Screening for depression among people with diabetes and management of depression to improve quality of life and reduce treatment costs | Questionnaire and blood glucose | Prevalence of depression and SES |
Kilzieh | 2008 | 2038 | Syria | Comorbidity decreases with increasing SES | Deliver treatment for depression in primary care settings because access to mental health services are limited and stigmatised. | Questionnaire and diabetes self-reported | assess the comorbidity and correlates of depression in chronic diseases in a community |
Mansour | 2007 | 103, 103 | Iraq | SES(Education, occupation, income) | None made | Questionnaire and blood glucose | Determine the prevalence of comorbid depression among sample of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Control for social class |
Mier | 2008 | 200 | Mexico and USA | Low education increases risk of depression | Depression screening among diabetic patients by family practice physicians. | Questionnaire and diabetes self-reported | prevalence and correlates of clinical depressive symptoms in Hispanics of Mexican origin with type 2 diabetes |
Pan | 2008 | 3285 | China | Low education level and presence of co-morbidities associated with depressive symptoms | None made | Questionnaire and blood glucose | Association between insulin resistance and depressive symptoms |
Raval | 2010 | 300 | India | Relationship between comorbidity and income and education unclear | None made | Questionnaire and blood glucose | Prevalence and determinants of depression in patients with established type 2 diabetes (T2DM) |
Sevincok | 2001 | 98 | Turkey | Failed to find association between | None made | Clinical assessment and blood glucose | Assess association of socio-demographic variables for patients with and without comorbidity |
Tellez-Zenteno | 2002 | 189 | Mexico | Higher risk of depression for lower SES | Screen for depression in all diabetic patients, so that early diagnosis and treatment can improve patient metabolic control and enhance patient quality of life. | Clinical assessment and blood glucose | Identify the prevalence and factors associated with depression in a group of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus |
Thaneerat | 2009 | 250 | Thailand | Association for co-morbid patients not clear | Early detection of depression among diabetic patients | self-reported questionnaire and blood glucose | To estimate the prevalence of depression, and poor glycemic control, and to determine the associated factors in outpatients with type-2 diabetes. |
Yang | 2009 | 148 | China | Not clear | Early detection and treatment of depression in people with diabetes by community nurses and provision of social support. | Self-reported Questionnaire and diabetes self-reported | To examine levels of perceived social support and depression and to identify the related factors and |
Yekta | 2010 | 295 | Iran | Lower educated higher risk of depression | None made | Self-reported questionnaire and blood glucose taken | To describe the prevalence of depression in patients attending a diabetes clinic determine the associated sociodemographic, behavioural and clinical factors. |
Zhang CX | 2008 | 304 | China | Not clear | Identify source of patient stress; Advise on active coping styles; Mobilize more social support resources to reduce risk of depression in Type 2 diabetes. | Clinical assessment and blood glucose | To investigate association of psychosocial factors with anxiety and depressive symptoms in type 2 diabetes patients |