• Musarrat Riaz, Nazish Imran, Asher Fawwad, and Abdul Basit.
• Musarrat Riaz, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2017 Nov 1; 33 (6): 131813231318-1323.

ObjectiveTo determine the frequency of depressive symptoms among young people with Type-I diabetes.MethodsThis cross sectional study was conducted at Baqai Institute of Diabetology & Endocrinology, Karachi, Pakistan from February to December 2015. All People aged between 12-20 years with Type-I diabetes for at least 1 year attending the OPD were included in the study. Information about participants' demographic characteristics, co morbidities and Complications, current treatment and medications were obtained. Acylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) levels were checked in all People. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale was used to assess the depressive symptoms in the study participants. A cut off value of ≥ 16 was used to screen for depression. SPSS 19 was used to analyze the results.ResultsOut of 104 people with Type-I diabetes, depressive symptoms were observed in 44 (42.3%) participants. Depressive symptoms were more frequent in females (28/55, 50.9%). Depressed people had more episodes of DKA (11/44, 25%), hypoglycemia (12/44, 27.3%) or hospitalization (7/44, 15.9%) in the last six months which were not statistically significant.ConclusionDepressive symptoms are quite common in people with Type-I diabetes. Health care professionals should consider screening youth with diabetes for depression regularly. Further large scale studies are needed to validate our findings.

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