SynthesisGeneral hospital psychiatry
Depression and risk of mortality in individuals with diabetes: a meta-analysis and systematic review.
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137 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 355 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Diabetes Management: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Depression and cardiovascular disease events among patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis with bias analysis.Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2020Pooled it
- Recovery rate and determinants of severe acute malnutrition children treatment in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Nasal colonization of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2019Pooled it
- The association of depression and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.BMC medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Psychological interventions for diabetes-related distress in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Collaborative care for comorbid depression and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2014Pooled it
- Positive psychological characteristics in diabetes: a review.Current diabetes reports · 2013Pooled it
- Depression as a risk factor for mortality in individuals with diabetes: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.PloS one · 2013Pooled it
- Cost-effectiveness of community-based integrated care model for patients with diabetes and depressive symptoms.Nature communications · 2025Trial
- Comparative Effectiveness of a Technology-Facilitated Depression Care Management Model in Safety-Net Primary Care Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: 6-Month Outcomes of a Large Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
- Barriers to Self-Management in Depressed Women With Type 2 Diabetes.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2017Trial
- Treating major depression with yoga: A prospective, randomized, controlled pilot trial.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Low-income minority patient engagement with automated telephonic depression assessment and impact on health outcomes.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2015Trial
- Disruption of multisystem responses to stress in type 2 diabetes: investigating the dynamics of allostatic load.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014Trial
- Mental Health Service use and Expenditures among Medicare Beneficiaries with Depression, Diabetes and Heart Disease after Cost-sharing Parity.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Association between depression and all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality in the Spanish population: a prospective cohort study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2026Article
- Diagnosis of depression in adolescence signals improved inflammatory health in adulthood: Results from a nationally representative longitudinal study.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2026Article
- Depression, Anxiety and Quality of Life in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis and Psoriasis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo estimate risk of comorbid depression on all-cause mortality over time among individuals with diabetes.
methodsThe Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane Library, Embase and Science Direct databases were searched through September 30, 2012. We limited our search to longitudinal or prospective studies reporting all-cause mortality among those having depression and diabetes, compared with those having diabetes alone that used hazard ratios (HRs) as the main outcome. Two reviewers independently extracted primary data and evaluated the quality of studies using predetermined criteria. The pooled random effects adjusted HRs were estimated using meta-analysis. The impact of moderator variables on study effect size was examined with meta-regression.
resultsA total of 42,363 respondents from 10 studies were included in the analysis. Depression was significantly associated with risk of mortality (pooled HR=1.50, 95% confidence interval=1.35-1.66). Little evidence for heterogeneity was found across the studies (Cochran Q=13.52, P=.20, I(2)=26.03). No significant possibility of publication bias was detected (Egger's regression intercept=0.98, P=.23).
conclusionDepression significantly increases the risk of mortality among individuals with diabetes. Early detection and treatment of depression may improve health outcomes in this population.
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