Prevalência e fatores associados a depressão e ansiedade em indivíduos com diabetes mellitus e/ou hipertensão arterial

Abstract

Introduction: Individuals with chronic diseases are more likely to develop anxiety and depression, which may influence their treatment and evolution. Objective: To assess the prevalence of depressive and anxious symptoms, and their association with sociodemographic, clinical and anthropometric characteristics of individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM) and/or arterial hypertension (SAH). Methodology: Cross-sectional study aligned with a cohort. The HADS scale was used to assess the presence of anxiety and depression symptoms, blood pressure and anthropometric status were evaluated using BMI, waist circumference (WC), neck circumference (NC) and conicity index (IC). Results: 35.7% had symptoms of depression and 36.9% of anxiety, 76.2% were women; 52.0% adults; adults (p=0.009) and women (p=0.041) had higher HADS-A scores. The high prevalence of overweight, inadequacy of WC, NC, CI and blood pressure were present at baseline and after three months, with a significant reduction in the percentage of inadequacy of BMI and NC being observed. Conclusion: There is a high prevalence of depression and anxiety symptoms, with the highest HADS-A among adults and women. There was a significant reduction in BMI and NC after three months.