Comparison of Cognitive Abilities, Depression and Anxiety of Type II Diabetic Patients with Healthy Individuals in Isfahan Province in 2015

Abstract

The purpose of current study was to comparedifferent cognitive abilities, depression and anxietyof type II diabetic patients with healthy individualsin Isfahan province in 2015. The research methodused for this research is a scientific-comparative method.Independent variable is defined in the healthy and type IIdiabetic patient groups and the dependent variables aredefined by the participants’ scores in cognitive ability testand the scale of anxiety and depression. The statistical populationconsisted of two groups (type II diabetic group:included type II diabetic patients who were diagnosedwith type II diabetes by their specialist physicians and thediagnosis metabolism for type II diabetes, and the healthygroup: including companions of patients). The samplesize for type II diabetes group consisted of 40 individualsand for the healthy group was consisted also of 40 individuals.Sampling had been done using random samplingmethod. The data were collected using cognitive abilitiesquestionnaire and Hospital anxiety and depression scale(HADS). Data were analyzed using SPSS-20 software intwo descriptive and inferential sections. The results indicatedthat in type II diabetic patients, there is a significantand direct relationship between sustained attentions withjob status; there is a significant and reverse relationshipbetween cognitive flexibility with marital status, and a significantand direct relationship between cognitive flexibilitywith educational status. The relationship between themean scores of overall cognitive abilities and the mean oftotal mood changes in type II diabetic patients is confirmed.The mean scores of cognitive abilities in all subscalesand the overall test in healthy subjects are higher thanthose with type II diabetes. The mean of mood changesin all subscales and the overall test in healthy subjects arelower and less than those with type II diabetes.