Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a global health problem that causes significant mortality and morbidity. It is important to assess the association of diabetes with emotional disturbances symptoms like depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms so that we can detect early those psychiatric problems...

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Main Authors:	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef, Musa, Ramli, Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	RZ Other systems of medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32322/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32322/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32322/1/emotional.pdf

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spelling	iium-323222013-10-18T06:54:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32322/ Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon RZ Other systems of medicine Background: Diabetes mellitus is a global health problem that causes significant mortality and morbidity. It is important to assess the association of diabetes with emotional disturbances symptoms like depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms so that we can detect early those psychiatric problems and treat them in order to have adequate glycemic control, less diabetic complications, improve quality of life, and good medication adherence . Despite this, emotional disturbances are consistently under-diagnosed and under-treated by physicians in general medical patients. Objectives: This study aims to determine the prevalence of emotional disturbances among patients with diabetes mellitus and to assess the severity of depressive symptoms among those patients. Methodology: This is a prospective cross sectional study conducted on a sample of 191 patients with diabetes mellitus attending the diabetic clinic at the Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Pahang state, Malaysia over a period of 10 months. The prevalence and severity of depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms were assessed in those diabetic patients by using the self-rating Bahasa Malaysia version of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-42) which had been translated and validated previously by researchers (Ramli M, Ariff MF, Zaini Z). Results: The prevalence of depression was 13.6% among diabetic patients and more common among females than males and most of depressed patient had moderate depression (5.8%), while the prevalence of anxiety was 28.8%which is significantly higher in female patients and most of the patients had moderate anxiety (11.5%). The prevalence of stress was 11.5% and more among women and most of the patients had mild stress (7.3%) Conclusion: Emotional disturbances including depression, stress, and anxiety are common among patients with diabetes mellitus. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32322/1/emotional.pdf Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef and Musa, Ramli and Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon (2013) Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition 2013, 19 - 20 February 2013, Cultural Activity Centre (CAC) and KAED Gallery, IIUM. http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/13/index.php/component/content/?view=featured
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spellingShingle	RZ Other systems of medicine Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia
description	Background: Diabetes mellitus is a global health problem that causes significant mortality and morbidity. It is important to assess the association of diabetes with emotional disturbances symptoms like depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms so that we can detect early those psychiatric problems and treat them in order to have adequate glycemic control, less diabetic complications, improve quality of life, and good medication adherence . Despite this, emotional disturbances are consistently under-diagnosed and under-treated by physicians in general medical patients. Objectives: This study aims to determine the prevalence of emotional disturbances among patients with diabetes mellitus and to assess the severity of depressive symptoms among those patients. Methodology: This is a prospective cross sectional study conducted on a sample of 191 patients with diabetes mellitus attending the diabetic clinic at the Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Pahang state, Malaysia over a period of 10 months. The prevalence and severity of depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms were assessed in those diabetic patients by using the self-rating Bahasa Malaysia version of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-42) which had been translated and validated previously by researchers (Ramli M, Ariff MF, Zaini Z). Results: The prevalence of depression was 13.6% among diabetic patients and more common among females than males and most of depressed patient had moderate depression (5.8%), while the prevalence of anxiety was 28.8%which is significantly higher in female patients and most of the patients had moderate anxiety (11.5%). The prevalence of stress was 11.5% and more among women and most of the patients had mild stress (7.3%) Conclusion: Emotional disturbances including depression, stress, and anxiety are common among patients with diabetes mellitus.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon
author_facet	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef Musa, Ramli Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon
author_sort	Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef
title	Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia
title_short	Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia
title_full	Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia
title_sort	emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in malaysia
publishDate	2013
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32322/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32322/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32322/1/emotional.pdf
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Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia

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