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From the Departments of Medicine (MdG., R.E.C.) and Psychiatry (MdG., R.A., K.E.F., R.E.C., P.J.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Address reprint requests to: Mary de Groot, PhD, Washington University, Division of Health Behavior Research, Campus Box 8504, 4444 Forest Park, Ste 6700, St. Louis, MO 63108. Email: mdegroot{at}im.wustl.edu
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the strength and consistency of the relationship between depression and diabetes complications in studies of type 1 and type 2 adult patients with diabetes.
METHOD: MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases were searched for articles examining depression and diabetes complications in type 1 and type 2 diabetes samples published between 1975 and 1999. Meta-analytic procedures were used. Studies were reviewed for diabetes type, sample size, statistical tests, and measures of diabetes complications and depression. Significance values, weighted effect sizes r, 95% confidence intervals (CI), and tests of homogeneity of variance were calculated for the overall sample (k = 27) and for subsets of interest.
RESULTS: A total of 27 studies (total combined N = 5374) met the inclusion criteria. A significant association was found between depression and complications of diabetes (p < .00001, z = 5.94). A moderate and significant weighted effect size (r = 0.25; 95% CI: 0.220.28) was calculated for all studies reporting sufficient data (k = 22). Depression was significantly associated with a variety of diabetes complications (diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, macrovascular complications, and sexual dysfunction). Effect sizes were in the small to moderate range (r = 0.17 to 0.32).
CONCLUSIONS: These findings demonstrate a significant and consistent association of diabetes complications and depressive symptoms. Prospective, longitudinal studies are needed to identify the pathways that mediate this association.
Key Words: depression diabetes mellitus meta-analysis
Abbreviations: CI = Confidence Interval; ES = Effect Size; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory;; SCID = Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM; SCL-90 R = Symptom Checklist 90-Item Version, Depression Subscale; DIS = Diagnostic Interview for the DSM; Zung = Zung Depression Scale; KDS-1 = Kupffer-Detre Depression Scale, Form 1; PSE = Present State Exam; CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Inventory.
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