The longitudinal association between depressive symptoms and initiation of insulin therapy in people with type 2 diabetes in primary care.

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether depressive symptoms are associated with time to insulin initiation in insulin-naïve people with type 2 diabetes in primary care. METHODS: 1,389 participants completed the Edinburgh Depression Scale (EDS) in 2005 and were followed until: 1) insulin therapy was started, 2...

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Main Authors: Giesje Nefs, Victor J M Pop, Johan Denollet, François Pouwer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3815321?pdf=render