SynthesisDiabetes care2008
Depression and diabetes treatment nonadherence: a meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Diabetes care, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04097483 (The TELE-DD Project), which is not on this map. Cited by 463 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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The TELE-DD Project: a Nurse-led Randomised Controlled Trial on Treatment Adherence in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Comorbid Depression
Who cites it
463 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Behavioral Activation for Depression and Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Brain and behavior · 2026Pooled it
- The role of microbiota derived metabolites in modulating diabetic inflammation: a systematic review.Journal of molecular histology · 2026Pooled it
- Integrating Mental Health into Diabetes Care: Closing the Treatment Gap for Better Outcomes-A Systematic Review.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Association of depression with glycaemic control in people living with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and risk factors of depression in patients with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Pooled it
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- Association between impaired glucose metabolism and long-term prognosis at the time of diagnosis of depression: Impaired glucose metabolism as a promising biomarker proposed through a machine-learning approach.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2023Pooled it
- Glycaemic control and its associated factors in patients with type 2 diabetes in the Middle East and North Africa: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of advanced nursing · 2022Pooled it
- Emotional distress, anxiety, and depression in South Asians with long-term conditions: a qualitative systematic review.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2022Pooled it
- The bidirectional longitudinal association between depressive symptoms and HbADiabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression in Type 2 Diabetes Patients in China.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- The effects of self-management interventions on depressive symptoms in adults with chronic physical disease(s) experiencing depressive symptomatology: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Factors associated with missed appointments by adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2021Pooled it
- Treatment for comorbid depressive disorder or subthreshold depression in diabetes mellitus: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Brain and behavior · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of Time-Restricted Eating Versus Daily Calorie Restriction on Mood and Quality of Life in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Trial
- Emotional Distress Predicts Reduced Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Adherence in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE).Diabetes care · 2024 · on this mapTrial
- Does Emotional Distress Predict Worse Glycemic Control Over Time? Results From the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE).Diabetes care · 2024 · on this mapTrial
- The effects of melissa officinalis on depression and anxiety in type 2 diabetes patients with depression: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Trial
- The TELE-DD Randomised Controlled Trial on Treatment Adherence in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Comorbid Depression: Clinical Outcomes after 18-Month Follow-Up.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
403 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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7 authors.
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Abstract
objectiveDepression is common in patients with diabetes and is associated with worse treatment outcomes. Its relationship to treatment adherence, however, has not been systematically reviewed. We used meta-analysis to examine the relationship between depression and treatment nonadherence in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsWe searched MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases for all studies published by June 2007 and reviewed references of published articles. Meta-analytic procedures were used to estimate the effect size r in a random effects model. Significance values, weighted effect sizes, 95% CIs, and tests of homogeneity of variance were calculated.
resultsResults from 47 independent samples showed that depression was significantly associated with nonadherence to the diabetes treatment regimen (z = 9.97, P < 0.0001). The weighted effect size was near the medium range (r = 0.21, 95% CI 0.17-0.25). Moderator analyses showed that the effect was significantly larger in studies that measured self-care as a continuous versus categorical variable (P = 0.001). Effect sizes were largest for missed medical appointments and composite measures of self-care (r values = 0.31, 0.29). Moderation analyses suggest that effects for most other types of self-care are also near the medium range, especially in studies with stronger methodologies.
conclusionsThese findings demonstrate a significant association between depression and treatment nonadherence in patients with diabetes. Studies that used stronger methodologies had larger effects. Treatment nonadherence may represent an important pathway between depression and worse diabetes clinical outcomes.
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