Research Article

Ethnic Minorities with Diabetes Differ in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms and Diabetes-Distress

Table 2

Demographic characteristics and prevalence rates of high EK10- and PAID5-scores of respondents divided by ethnicity ().

CharacteristicOverall ()Native Dutch ()Moroccan ()Turkish ()Surinamese ()Other ()Missing ()
n (%) or mean (SD)n (%) or mean (SD)n (%) or mean (SD)n (%) or mean (SD)n (%) or mean (SD)n (%) or mean (SD)

Gender
 Men315 (55.3%)147 (51.8%)43 (58.9%)17 (53.1%)34 (54.0%)65 (60.2%)
 Women255 (44.7%)137 (48.2%)30 (41.1%)15 (46.9%)29 (46.0%)43 (39.8%)
Mean age (SD)58.5 (14.0)60.4 (15.2)52.2 (13.9)52.2 (15.5)59.1 (11.8)59.6 (12.9)
HbA1c % (mmol/mol)7.8% (62)7.7% (61)8.0% (64)8.6% (70)8.3% (67)7.6% (60)
BMI30.1 (6.5)29.6 (6.7)30.3 (7.2)34.7 (5.9)30.4 (5.2)29.8 (6.2)
Socioeconomic status
 Nonlow360 (62.5%)205 (72.2%)24 (32.9%)12 (37.5%)41 (65.1%)74 (68.5%)
 Low205 (35.6%)79 (27.8%)49 (67.1%)19 (59.4%)22 (34.9%)34 (31.5%)
Type 1 DM140 (24.5%)93 (32.7%)21 (28.8%)4 (12.5%)6 (9.5%)15 (14.2%)
Type 2 DM422 (74.8%)189 (66.3%)52 (71.2%)28 (87.5%)57 (90.5%)89 (84.0%)
LADA4 (0.7%)2 (0.7%)2 (1.9%)
Comorbid diseases
 None251 (43.3%)126 (44.5%)37 (52.9%)17 (53.1%)19 (30.6%)42 (40.0%)
 1 or more324 (55.1%)157 (55.5%)33 (47.1%)15 (46.9%)43 (69.4%)63 (60.0%)
Complications
 None208 (36.2%)105 (37.1%)24 (33.3%)16 (50.0%)19 (30.6%)37 (34.6%)
 1218 (37.9%)100 (35.3%)34 (47.2%)8 (25.0%)24 (38.7%)45 (42.1%)
 2 or more149 (25.9%)78 (27.6%)14 (19.4%)8 (25.0%)19 (30.6%)25 (23.3%)
EK10 depression ≥ 20 (%)
13.5%9.4%27.3%34.5%20.4%6.3%
EK10 anxiety ≥ 1 (%)
37.8%32.1%57.6%51.6%50.8%29.1%
PAID5 ≥ 8 (%)
19.3%12.5%42.6%34.5%22.0%15.4%

Did not report ethnicity in questionnaire.
Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults.
All other reported ethnic backgrounds.
compared to native Dutch.
compared to all other ethnic backgrounds.