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Diabetes & Depression

Patients with diabetes and depression may need additional support for exercise

In a recently published study, investigators in the United States conducted a study "to examine the association between depressive symptoms and exercise-related variables among patients with type 2 diabetes."

"Surveys were completed by 207 primary care patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (52% female; 95% white; mean age=63 years). Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted. Lower use of relapse prevention behavior was significantly associated with higher depression scores in a multivariate model," reported K.S. Vickers and colleagues, Mayo Clinic.

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