Research Article

Depression and Anxiety among Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital, Nepal

Table 2

Disease-related characteristics of patients.

n = 296

VariablesNumber
Presence of comorbidity
 No110 (37.2)
 Yes186 (62.8)
Number of comorbidities
 None110 (37.2)
 One105 (35.4)
 Two or more81 (27.4)
Duration of disease diagnosis in years
 <3 years70 (23.6)
 ≥3 years226 (76.4)
Number of hospital admissions in the last 1 year (n = 926)
 None159 (53.7)
 <391 (30.7)
 3-446 (15.5)
Medicine adherence
 Yes257 (86.8)
 No39 (13.2)
Satisfaction toward current treatment
 Yes258 (87.2)
 No38 (12.8)
H/o diabetes in family
 Yes125 (42.2)
 No171 (57.8)
H/o mental problem in family
 Yes28 (9.5)
 No268 (90.5)