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· 2022
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.341717
· OA: W4312409700
AIM: To assess the prevalence and correlates of metabolic syndrome in patients with depression admitted to psychiatry inpatient unit. METHODOLOGY: By using retrospective study design, the treatment records data of 476 consecutiveadmitted patients diagnosed with depressive disorders (first episode or recurrent depressive disorder) as per the ICD-10, were reviewed and data for metabolic syndrome was extracted. RESULTS: Slightly less than half (45.8%) of the patients fulfilled the criteria for metabolic syndrome as per the consensus definition. The mean age of the study participants was 46.22 (SD: 16.87) years and the mean number of years of education was 11.19 (SD: 4.70) years. The mean duration of illness was 110.47 (SD: 107.93) months with the mean duration of current episode at the time of collection of data was 10.44 (SD: 9.76) months. Higher proportion of those with metabolic syndrome were older in age, were more educated, of female gender, had longer duration of illness, were more often diagnosed with recurrent depressive disorder and had presence of physical comorbidities. Lifetime Suicidality had significant association with abnormal blood pressure and raised blood glucose level. However, presence of absence of metabolic syndrome had no association with metabolic syndrome. CONCLUSIONS: The high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in patients with depressive disorders, suggests that there is a need to closely monitor the patients with depressive disorders for metabolic syndrome.
