Table 4
Differences in mental health status according to diabetes diagnosis and its awareness
| Psychosocial problems | Without diabetes n=12 750 (87.0%) | With diabetes n=1905 (13.0%) | With diabetes, unaware n=612 (32.1%) | With diabetes, aware n=1293 (67.9%) |
| Depressive symptom* | ||||
| Crude proportion, % (total n) | 12.9 (1643) | 15.2 (289) | 13.2 (81) | 16.1 (208) |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 1.23 (1.03 to 1.46) | 1.00 | 1.43 (1.00 to 2.04) |
| Model 1 | 1.00 | 1.15 (0.96 to 1.38) | 1.00 | 1.48 (1.03 to 2.14) |
| Model 2 | 1.00 | 0.94 (0.78 to 1.13) | 1.00 | 1.19 (0.82 to 1.73) |
| Suicidal thought† | ||||
| Crude proportion, % (total n) | 13.5 (1720) | 17.7 (336) | 16.4 (100) | 18.3 (236) |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 1.41 (1.18 to 1.67) | 1.00 | 1.38 (1.01 to 1.87) |
| Model 1 | 1.00 | 1.21 (1.02 to 1.45) | 1.00 | 1.28 (0.94 to 1.75) |
| Model 2 | 1.00 | 1.01 (0.85 to 1.21) | 1.00 | 1.05 (0.75 to 1.48) |
| Suicidal attempt‡ | ||||
| Crude proportion, % (total n) | 4.2 (72) | 5.7 (19) | 5.0 (5) | 5.9 (14) |
| Unadjusted OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 1.46 (1.24 to 1.73) | 1.00 | 1.37 (1.01 to 1.87) |
| Model 1 | 1.00 | 1.22 (1.02 to 1.45) | 1.00 | 1.27 (0.93 to 1.75) |
| Model 2 | 1.00 | 1.01 (0.85 to 1.21) | 1.00 | 1.04 (0.74 to 1.47) |
Model 1: adjusted using multiple logistic regression to control for age, gender and body mass index.
Model 2: adjusted using multiple logistic regression to control for age, gender, body mass index, education level, employment status, insurance status, household income and self- health status.
*Felt sad, unhappy or desperate for more than 2 weeks, which interfered with the daily activities during the past year.
†Suicidal thought in the past year.
‡Suicidal attempt in the past year.
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