Frecuencia de ansiedad y depresión en pacientes con diabetes tipo 2 durante la emergencia sanitaria Hospital Santa Inés Cuenca 2020

Abstract

Background: Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease with great magnitude worldwide, which frequently has an association with psychiatric disorders, both because of its lifestyle changes and adaptation to drug treatment, and because of its physiopathological relationship. During the COVID 19 health emergency, confinement and social isolation can be factors that trigger an increase in the prevalence of these disorders in patients with diabetes. Objective: to determine the frequency of anxiety and depression in patients with type 2 diabetes, in the endocrinology outpatient department of Santa Inés Hospital during the COVID 19 health emergency. Methodology: cross-sectional descriptive study. The PHQ-9 questionnaire for depression and the BECK questionnaire for anxiety were applied. A sample of 90 patients was obtained who were surveyed through an electronic form in Google Forms by telephone. The data records were analyzed with the SPSS program version 23.0. Results: A total of 90 patients with type 2 diabetes were analyzed, 66,7% are women. Half of the population have an average age of 40 to 64 years. The frequency of anxiety is 56,6% and the most predominant degree is mild anxiety with 56,9%. Depression is present in 33,3% of the population, with mild depression being the most frequent with 66,7%. We found that patients with poor glycemic control have 39,3% anxiety and 22,3% depression. Conclusion: During the COVID 19 health emergency, patients with type 2 diabetes presented 56,67% anxiety and 33,3% depression. This indicates frequency of anxiety and depression has not increased during the health emergency, because it may be related to the own characteristics of the disease.