Psychiatric Disorders in Diabetic Patients in Rafsanjan

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Parvin Agha Mohamad Hasani Maryam Alireza Zade Rezvan Sadr Mohammadi Reza Bidaki Reyhane Shekhan

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Reza Bidaki
Psychiatrist, Professor of Psychiatry, Candidate Fellowship in Neuropsychiatry, Research Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Diabetes Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

A B S T R A C T

Objective: To determine prevalence rates, associated features, and risk factors for psychiatric disorders subsequent to the diagnosis of IDDM. Methods: In this cross-sectional study were been selected 100 randomly who referred to Rafsanjan Diabetes Center. The data of this study is gathered demographic questionnaire and Minnesota Multi-phasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Data was analysed with software SPSS-17. Results: 76% of the patients were female and 24% were men 45.4% of the illiterate population. The results showed hypochondriasis (22%) and schizophrenia (19%) and depression (11%) are three psychiatric disorders that patients with diabetes in high-risk groups have reported. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that about 30-45% of patients with diabetes suffered from common mental disorders. The prevalence of some psychiatric disorders is considerable in diabetic patients in Rafsanjan.

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Research Article

Publication history

Received: Fri 08, Jan 2021
Accepted: Wed 10, Feb 2021
Published: Fri 26, Feb 2021

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© 2023 Reza Bidaki. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.PDR.2021.01.02