Farwa Sadiq, Umm-e Rubab Kazmi.
Comparison of social support, depression and anger in diabetic and cardiac patients..
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;71(7):1814-7.

To explore the role of social support, depression and anger in diabetic and cardiac patients. The cross-sectional study was conducted from April to September 2015 at three public-sector hospitals in Punjab, Pakistan, and comprised cardiac and people with diabetes from outpatient departments. Data was collected using the Siddiqui-Shah depression scale, the interpersonal support evaluation list and the Trait anger and expression scale. Data was analysed using SPSS 21. Of the 200 patients, 101(50.5%) were cardiac and 99(49.5%) were diabetic. Among the cardiac patients, 51(50.5%) were males and 50(49.5%) were females, while the corresponding number among the diabetics were 50(50.5%) and 49(50.5%). Cardiac patients exhibited higher level of depression and received more social support than the diabetic patients (p<0.05). Low social support was a significant negative predictor of anger and depression among diabetic and cardiac patients (p<0.05). Social support was found to be a significant factor in the treatment of diabetes and cardiac diseases.

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