Journal of Depression and Anxiety
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Diredawa University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Dessie, Ethiopia

Biography

Dr. Yibeltal Getachew is currently working at the Department of Psychiatry, established under the College of Medicine and Health Sciences affiliated to Diredawa University located in Ethiopia. He has authored 05 publications and received 12 citations.

Publications

• Research   
  Half of Type 1 and Nearly Four in Ten of Type 2 Diabetes Patients Were Living With Depression in North West Ethiopia, Amhara Region A Research Study
  Author(s): Mogesie Necho*, Mekonnen Tsehay and Yibeltal Getachew
  
  Background: The presence of both depression and diabetes is linked to poor compliance with diabetes care practices, lesser medication observance, rising incidence of complications thereby increasing the risk of emergency visits, hospitalization, and medical costs. It is therefore imperative to screen early and intervene timely this problem. However, information is limited to this problem in Ethiopia. So, this study assessed the magnitude of depression as well as its related factors in diabetes patients. Methods: This survey was done at a diabetic clinic of Felegehiwot referral hospital, May to June 2017. The PHQ-9 tool has been implemented to screen depression. Systematic sampling was applied to recruit 58 types 1 and 363 types 2 diabetes respondents. Representativeness of sample for diabetes type 1 and 2 was assured with proportional alloca.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-1044.20.9.359

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