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The Relationship between Friendship and Social Life of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes with Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

V. Kourkoumpas ,
K. Dimou ,
E. Dragioti ,
S. Mantzoukas  and
M. Gouva
V. Kourkoumpas
Affiliation:
University of Ioannina, Laboratory Of Psychology Of Patients, Families And Health Professionals)., Ioannina, Greece
K. Dimou*
Affiliation:
University of Ioannina, Laboratory Of Psychology Of Patients, Families And Health Professionals)., Ioannina, Greece
E. Dragioti
Affiliation:
University of Ioannina, Laboratory Of Psychology Of Patients, Families And Health Professionals)., Ioannina, Greece
S. Mantzoukas
Affiliation:
University of Ioannina, Nursing, Ioannina, Greece
M. Gouva
Affiliation:
University of Ioannina, Laboratory Of Psychology Of Patients, Families And Health Professionals)., Ioannina, Greece
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

INTRODUCTION: Several studies have shown that the relationship between Diabetes and Depression is significant, but few have evaluated the relationship between this depression and patients’ social life.

Objectives

OBJECTIVE: Exploring the friendships and social life of patients with type 2 diabetes with levels of depression.

Methods

METHODS: The sample consisted of 130 Greek patients with type 2 diabetes and a mean age of 63.28 (SD = 13.89), who completed the following questionnaires voluntarily and anonymously: a) Zung Depression Scale and b) socio-demographic and self-reported questionnaire for their past and present friendships.

Results

RESULTS: Patients who had friends in the past scored lower depression rates (44.63 ± 11.53) than patients who did not have friends in the past (60.50 ± 6.36), with a statistically significant difference between them (p = 0.045), while patients who currently have friends scored lower depression rates (42.91 ± 10.86) than patients who do not currently have friends (58.81 ± 6.07), with a statistically very significant difference between them ( p = 0.000). Patients with type 2 diabetes who are not currently friends have higher levels of depression by 3.8 points compared to patients with type 2 diabetes who are currently friends.

Conclusions

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with diabetes mellitus with low levels of social life show statistically higher rates of depression and further study of this relationship is considered necessary.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Diabetes MelitusDepressionPatientsSocial Life
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S624 - S625
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