ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2024
The Association between Self-Care Activities and Depression in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey Study.
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- Efficacy and Safety of Agomelatine in Depressed Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Self-care and associated factors of patients with permanent colostomies: A structural equation model.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Self-Management Behaviours in Type 2 Diabetes Across Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: An Updated Narrative Review to Enhance Patient Care.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Depressive symptoms and associated factors among patients with diabetes in public primary healthcare facilities in Kuwait city, 2024.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Self-care activities mediate self-perceived burden and depression in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes.World journal of psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
This study examined the level of adherence to self-care behaviors among individuals with type 2 diabetes in Saudi Arabia and its connection with depression and demographic factors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among diabetes patients using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) to measure depression and the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) to evaluate diabetes self-care activities. Among the 252 participants who completed the survey, 43.2% were older than 55 and 59% were men. The ordinal regression model showed an association between the PHQ-9 and SDSCA scores with an OR of 0.83 (95% CI: 0.71 to 0.96,
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