Original scientific paper
The Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety in Seafarers Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Dubravka Jurišić-Eržen
Koraljka Benko
Spomenka Ljubić
Romana Jerković
Abstract
Depression and anxiety are co-morbid condition in diabetes as disease-related psychological reactions on this chronic
metabolic illness. This study was aimed to determine the occurrence of depression and anxiety in seafarer’s type 2 diabetic
patients. A random sample of 52 diabetic seafarers treated with diet and oral glucose lowering agents, and 56
healthy seafarers were screened for depression with The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and for anxiety with State-
-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI 1, STAI 2). Depression (BDI>18.5) and anxiety (STAI<28.5) was significantly higher in
the group of diabetic seafarers than in control group (more than 30%). Significant correlation was noted between depression
and duration of diabetes mellitus, degree of obesity and poor glycaemic control (HbA1C>8%) and longer duration of
shipping routes (over 6 months). The proportion of depression and anxiety was found higher in seafarer’s type 2 diabetic
patients than in the healthy seafarers.
Keywords
seafarers; type 2 diabetes mellitus; depression; anxiety
Hrčak ID:
75609
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2011.
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