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Prevalence of Depression and Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Patients attending hospitals in Ilu AbaBor and Bunno Bedelle Zones, South West Ethiopia, 2020: A Cross Sectional Study

Bonsa Amsalu Geleta*, Sanbato Tamiru Dingata, Milkias Dugassa Emanu, Ebissa Bayana Kebede, Lemi Bacha Eba, Kebebe Bidira Abera, Dereje Tsegaye

Introduction: Depression is one of major health problems of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, it remains undiagnosed and left untreated in more than half of diabetes cases. Despite 80% of people with type 2 diabetes live in low and middle-income countries; many studies on depression and its associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were conducted in the developed world.

Objective: The present study was aimed to assess prevalence of depression and associated factors among type 2 diabetes patients attending hospitals in Ilu AbaBor and Bunno Bedelle Zones, South West Ethiopia, 2020.

Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted on 354 type 2 diabetes patients attending hospitals of Ilu AbaBor and Bunno Bedelle Zones from January 1 to March 30, 2020. Convenient sampling technique was used to select study participants after the sample size was allocated to each hospital. Data were entered into EpiData manager version 4.2.2 and exported to statistical package for the social science (SPSS) version 20.0 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Bivariate and Multivariate logistic regressions. The statistical significance was set at p