Mental Health and Diabetic Complications: A Two-Way Link

Medscape July 25, 2024
Manasi Talwadekar

TOPLINE:

Mental health disorders increase the likelihood of developing chronic diabetic complications and vice versa across all age groups in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) or type 2 diabetes (T2D).

METHODOLOGY:

• Understanding the relative timing and association between chronic diabetic complications and mental health disorders may aid in improving diabetes screening and care.
• Researchers used a US national healthcare claims database (data obtained from 2001 to 2018) to analyze individuals with and without T1D and T2D, who had no prior mental health disorder or chronic diabetic complication.
• The onset and presence of chronic diabetic complications and mental health disorders were identified to determine their possible association.
• Individuals were stratified by age: 0-19, 20-39, 40-59, and ≥ 60 years.
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