TITLE:
The effect of family history of diabetes on sleep quality, depression, and anxiety in adult males with diabetes
AUTHORS:
Carolyn A. Fan, Lindsey Sattler, Christopher Parkinson, Boby G. Thekadeth, Sant P. Singh, Lawrence C. Perlmuter
KEYWORDS:
Diabetes; PSQI; Sleep Quality; Anxiety; Depression; Family History
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Diabetes Mellitus,
Vol.3 No.1,
February
26,
2013
ABSTRACT: Study Objectives: This study evaluated how a family
history of diabetes moderates the effects of diabetes on anxiety, depression,
as well as sleep quality. Design: Outpatients with diabetes responded to
questionnaires on family history of diabetes, sleep quality, anxiety and depression.
Participants: Participants were recruited from the Captain James A. Lovell
Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Illinois. All participants were
adult males (n = 33) with ages
ranging from 50 to 88 and were diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes. There
were 8 subjects without a family history of diabetes and 25 subjects with
family history of diabetes. Results: In comparison to those with a family
history of diabetes, patients without a family history of diabetes were found
to experience a poorer quality of sleep,
evaluated on the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI] (t = 3.62, p = 0.001). Anxiety, depression, family history and the Interaction
of family history with depression were found to be significant predictors of
sleep quality (p informs and prepares these patients for the many unique
problems associated with diabetes thereby decreasing disease related anxiety
and depression.