Four important aspect of diabetology practice requires focussing on following the DIET as compared to the diabetic diet we usually suggest. In a study conducted in US, it's been found that Major depression was highly prevalent among people with diabetes; the prevalence rate varied greatly by demographic characteristics and diabetes types.The age-adjusted prevalence rate of major depression was 8.3% (95% CI 7.3–9.3), ranging from a low of 2.0% in Connecticut to a high of 28.8% in Alaska.
There were 25-fold differences in the rate among racial/ethnic subgroups (lowest, 1.1% among Asians; highest, 27.8% among American Indians/Alaska Natives). People with type 2 diabetes who were currently using insulin had a higher rate than people with type 1 diabetes ( P = 0.0009) and those with type 2 diabetes who were currently not using insulin, hence keeping depression on back of our mind while…
