Diabetic adults who suffer from depression more than double the risk of dementia, according to a new study.
A progressive decline of thinking and reasoning abilities, dementia results in loss of memory, difficulty with basic math, wandering, living in the past, personality changes, and not recognizing familiar people.
Dr. Wayne Katon, University of Washington (UW) Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences says diabetes alone has shown itself to be a risk factor for dementia, as has major depression.
Various other population studies have also indicated that the risk of Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and other dementia types is 40% to 100% higher in diabetics, compared to non-diabetics.
A history of depression has been seen to more than double subsequent risk of Alzheimer's disease, including other forms of dementia.
The study which found patients with both diabetes and major depression are more likely to be female, single, smokers, physically inactive and taking insulin treatment, also had more diabetes complications and a higher body mass index, has been published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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