correlation of hba1c and major depressive disorder in type 2 diabetic patients

objective: to evaluate the relation between major depressions and glucose control index in type 2 diabetes mellitus. materials and methods: one- hundred thirty four patients with type 2 diabetes were enrolled in this study. hamilton rating scale for depression (ham-d) and hba1c were measured in patients. linear mixed-model analysis was applied to determine the relation between hba1c levels and depressive symptoms. results: groups of patients with and without depression were similar in age and bmi. correlation analysis revealed no significant relationship between ham-d scores and hba1c level. depressive scores were significantly higher in diabetic patients with hypertension (p = 0.0001) and on insulin treatment (p = 0.005). there was a significant positive relationship between ham-d scores and disease duration. (p < 0.01). conclusion: the findings of this study showed that there was no significant association between the level of depressive symptoms and hba1c in patients with type 2 diabetes.