Higher levels of psychological distress are associated with a higher risk of incident diabetes during 18 year follow-up: results from the British household panel survey

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 1109
• Main Authors: Mommersteeg, Paula M C, Herr, Raphael, Zijlstra, Wobbe P, Schneider, Sven, Pouwer, François
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 23.12.2012; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; British household panel survey; Depression; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Education; Epidemiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health aspects; Health problems; Health Surveys; Households; Humans; Incidence; Income; Male; Mental illness; Middle Aged; Mortality; Preventive medicine; Prospective; Prospective Studies; Psychological distress; Psychology; Reviews; Risk Assessment; Risk factor; Risk Factors; Stress; Stress (Psychology); Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; Studies; Surveys; Type 2 diabetes; United Kingdom - epidemiology; United Kingdom

Reviews have shown that depression is a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes. However, there is limited evidence for general psychological distress to be associated with incident diabetes. The aim of the present study was to test whether persons who report higher levels of psychologica...