Living with depression and diabetes: A qualitative study in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: Diabetes and depression are both serious health conditions. While their relationship is bidirectional and each condition adversely affects outcomes for the other, they are treated separately. In low and middle income countries, such as Bangladesh and Pakistan, health systems are already stretched and the integration of diabetes and depression care is rarely a priority. Within this context through interviews with patients, healthcare workers and policy makers the study explored: lived experiences of people living with depression and diabetes, current practice in mental health and diabetes care and barriers and perspectives on integrating a brief psychological therapy into diabetes care. The findings of the study included: differing patient and practitioner understandings of distress/depress

SUBMITTER: Jennings HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10810509 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature