Associations between Diabetes, Diabetes Duration, and Psychiatric Difficulties: A Nationwide Cross-sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate relationships between diabetes, diabetes duration, and psychiatric difficulties using data from a nationwide survey and to examine associations between psychiatric difficulties and physician diagnosis, treatment status, and glycemic control in diabetes patients by performing subgroup analyses.

Methods

Data from the 2022 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed. A representative sample of 4,475 adults aged 19 years or older was obtained using stratified, multistage, clustered sampling. Psychiatric difficulties were assessed using PHQ-9 for depression, GAD-7 for anxiety, and face-to-face interviews for suicidality. Diabetes patients were categorized by diabetes duration (< 5, 5-9, 10-14, and ≥ 15 years). Statistical models w

SUBMITTER: Kim YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12264664 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature