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Acta médica Grupo Ángeles
Print version ISSN 1870-7203
Abstract
RAMOS SALAZAR DIAZ, Fátima Ireri. Binging eating disorder associated with depression and anxiety in patients with diabetes type 2. Acta méd. Grupo Ángeles [online]. 2020, vol.18, n.4, pp.367-372. Epub June 06, 2022. ISSN 1870-7203. https://doi.org/10.35366/97262.
Diabetes mellitus is one of the diseases with the highest incidence in the Mexican population and whose incidence is growing. However, as any disease that affects the human being also has components at the level of the psyche; which can be related to the development of psychiatric comorbidities such as depression, anxiety and binge eating disorder. The latest is important because diet is an indispensable factor for glycemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Material and methods:
Observational, extensive and transversal study. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were studied under medical treatment, to whom The Binge Eating Scale instrument (16-SF), Hamilton depression questionnaire and Beck’s anxiety inventory were applied.
Results:
98 cases of patients with diabetes mellitus with an average age of 55.92 ± 11.28 years were included. A prevalence of depression of 71.4%, anxiety 42.9% and binge eating disorder of 28.66% was found. Binge eating disorder was significantly related to the presence of depression and anxiety (p < 0.0001).
Conclusion:
Diabetes mellitus is also characterized by presenting psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety and binge eating disorder; that is perpetuated by the development of depression and anxiety that have been described as possible biological complications of diabetes mellitus.
Keywords : Diabetes mellitus; depression; anxiety; binge eating.
