Depression among older adults with diabetes mellitus
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2015.08.025
- VernacularTitle:老年糖尿病共患抑郁障碍
- Author:
Jun ZHANG
;
Dinghong GONG
;
Xiaoqin LIU
;
Baohua ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Older adults;
Diabetes mellitus;
Depression;
Systematic review
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2015;24(8):760-763
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective Systematic review of the epidemiology,risk factors,possible mechanisms and treatment of the depression among older adults with diabetes mellitus,and to provide new ideas for the early diagnosis,evaluation and treatment of the disease in the future.Methods Forty-one studies from 2000 to 2015 were identified manualy and online by using CBM,CNKI,VIP,Wanfang databases,PubMed,EMBASE and the Cochrane library.Results Among older adults with DM,depression was highly prevalent,and their clinical manifestations were not typical.The mechanisms of depression was not entirely clear and it less likely to cause the attention of patients and medical staff and it seriously affected the prognosis of diabetic patients.Early prevention and treatment were effective.Conclusion Diabetes mellitus and depression are frequently comorbid in older adult patients.Considering the negative synergistic effects on the health outcomes resulted by comorbid depression and DM.There are a lot of researches about the two disease's retrospective study,but the prospective study is less,especially the ran-domized double blind controlled study.Further study should be strengthened to improve the etiology,diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of the disease.
