Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine (정신신체의학)

Korean Psychosomatic Society (한국정신신체의학회)
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Depressive Symptoms in Diabetic Neuropathic Patients

당뇨성 신경병환자들에서 우울증상

  • Chung, Young-Cho (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Young-Ho (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Han, Ki-Seok (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Kwon, Oh-Young (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, College of Medicine) ;
  • Lim, Kyung-Ho (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital, Inje University, College of Medicine)
  • 정영조 (인제의대 서울백병원 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 이영호 (인제의대 서울백병원 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 한기석 (인제의대 서울백병원 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 권오영 (인제의대 서울백병원 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 임경호 (인제의대 서울백병원 내과학교실)
  • Published : 1993.09.25
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Abstract

Before studying the effectiveness of amitriptyline in alleviating the pain of diabetic neuropathy, this study was designed to compare the severity and nature of depressive symtoms of diabetic patients with neuropathy with those of diabetic patients without neuropathy and patients with somatoform disorder whose complaints were mainly somatic pain, respectively. The authors administered Beck Depression Inventory(BDI) to the three groups of patients. The mean total scores of BDI were relatively low in all groups and not significantly different among the three groups. The mean scores of four subscales of BDI were also not significantly different among the three groups. These results might suggest that the pain of diabetic neuropathy did not influence on the severity and the nature of depressive symptoms of preexisting diabetes.

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