Quality of Life, Depression, and Healthcare Resource Utilization among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Concomitant Hypertension and Obesity: A Prospective Survey

Table 2

SF-12 physical and mental component summary scores and PHQ-9 depression scores for T2DM respondents with and without comorbid hypertension and obesity.

	T2DM + HTN + Obesity; 𝑁=1,292	T2DM alone 𝑁=349
SF-12
Physical component summary score	37.3 (12.6)^*	45.8 (11.7)
Mental component summary score	50.9 (11.0)^*	53.5 (9.3)
PHQ-9
Summary score, mean (SD)	5.0 (5.6)^*	2.5 (4.4)
No depression, % with score 0–4	59.8	82.8
Minimal depression, % with score 5–9	23.7	11.0
Mild depression, % with score 10–14	8.4	2.0
Moderately severe depression, % with score 15–19	4.7	2.6
Major depression, severe, %; with score ≥20	3.4	1.5

^*𝑃<0.001.
HTN: hypertension; SD: standard deviation; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus.