Frequency of Psychiatric Disorder Symptoms in Diabetic Patients of Yasuj City in 2014

Introduction and Aims: Psychiatric disorders are common to reducing social functioning. Diabetic patients are vulnerable group against this kind of disorders. The aim of present study was investigation of the prevalence of psychological disorders in diabetic patients.
In this cross-sectional and discriptive study, 100 persons from the statistical population were selected by convenience sampling as experimental group and there were 100 non-diabetic patients in control group. Two groups were matched in age, education and socio-economic status and were assessed by means of SCL-90-R test, containing 90 items for psychiatric disorders evaluation. The cut off point of 0.4 has been reported for Iranian society. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and the results of SCL-90 were used, at the significant level p According to the results the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in diabetic patients were more than non-diabetics. The highest and lowest scores in people with diabetes were due to anxiety and psychosis respectively.
Diabetic patients are particularly vulnerable to developing mental health disorders. Regular assessment and timely referral to treatment would increase mental health interventions and appropriate investments to improve the policies. It seems that psychiatric disorders has a considerable role in quality of life of patients with diabetes.