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Study of the Relationship between Self-Care and Depression in Type II Diabetic Patients Referring to the Diabetes Research Center

Depression is one of the most prevalent complications in diabetes mellitus leading to the reduction of willingness , motivation and feeling strength in self-caring . This correlational study was conducted to determine the relationship between the quality of self-care and depression in 96 diabetic patients referring to the Diabetes Research Center in Mashad in 2000 , who were randomly selected for this study . Different forms and checklists were utilized to collect the relevant data including demographic , social support , self-esteem , Beckʹs depression inventory and self-care behavior forms ; monometer , scale , height scaler , and spectrophotometer were the instruments we used . The findings indicated that 70 patients (70%) had some degree of depression ; 53.1% had good self-care , while 4.2% were weak . No significant difference was found to exist between depression mean and self-care . Covariance anlysis revealed no significant difference between the adjusted depression mean and self-care levels (P>0.529) . No such relation was found between the self-care levels of the depressed and non-depressed subjects (P<0,129) . However , there was only a weak reversed linear relation (r=0.13 , P>0.045) . Based on the findings , the principal hypothesis of the study was rejected but most of the subjects were highly depressed which may remind us of other factors affecting self-care , which in turn demad another comprehensive research .