Asociación entre hemoglobina glicosilada y depresión en pacientes diabéticos en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo - Guayaquil durante el periodo de enero a diciembre del 2018.

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus II currently has a high prevalence and a high morbidity and mortality rate. It has been described that there is a worse prognostic, evolution, and association of various comorbidities such as depression if it is accompanied by poor glycemic control. Objective: Establish the correlation between HbA1c and depression in diabetics between 18 and 64 years old at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital - Guayaquil during the period from January to December 2018. Methodology: Analytical observational study of cases and controls. Random sample of 350 diabetic patients who accomplish the inclusion criteria. The IBM SPSS version 26 program was used for the respective statistical analysis of the variables. Results: 60.29% of the study group were women, the average age of the patients was 52 years. 61.2% of the patients presented HbA1c values within the objectives of DM2, meanwhile 38.8% of the patients presented a poor controlled of HbA1c. Performing the Chi2 tests, it was possible to demonstrate that there is a statistically significant association between age, presence of comorbidities, complications and HbA1c with depression. Conclusion: According to this study the depression is a pathology that, in diabetic patient, is associated with various factors, such as age, the presence of comorbidities, complications and high levels of glycated hemoglobin that are part of the predisposing factors for the development of a depressive state.