Associations between DSM-IV mental disorders and diabetes mellitus: a role for impulse control disorders and depression

Peter de Jonge*, Jordi Alonso, Dan J. Stein, Andrzej Kiejna, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Maria Carmen Viana, Zhaorui Liu, Siobhan O'Neill, Ronny Bruffaerts, Jose Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida, Jean-Pierre Lepine, Herbert Matschinger, Daphna Levinson, Giovanni de Girolamo, Akira Fukao, Brendan Bunting, Josep Maria Haro, Jose A. Posada-Villa, Ali Obaid Al-Hamzawi, Maria Elena Medina-MoraMarina Piazza, Chiyi Hu, Carmen Sasu, Carmen C. W. Lim, Ronald C. Kessler, Kate M. Scott

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Abstract

Aims/hypotheis No studies have evaluated whether the frequently observed associations between depression and diabetes could reflect the presence of comorbid psychiatric conditions and their associations with diabetes. We therefore examined the associations between a wide range of pre-existing Diagnostic Statistical Manual, 4th edition (DSM-IV) mental disorders with self-reported diagnosis of diabetes.

Methods We performed a series of cross-sectional face-to-face household surveys of community-dwelling adults (n = 52,095) in 19 countries. The World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview retrospectively assessed lifetime prevalence and age at onset of 16 DSM-IV mental disorders. Diabetes was indicated by self-report of physician's diagnosis together with its timing. We analysed the associations between all mental disorders and diabetes, without and with comorbidity adjustment.

Results We identified 2,580 cases of adult-onset diabetes mellitus (21 years +). Although all 16 DSM-IV disorders were associated with diabetes diagnosis in bivariate models, only depression (OR 1.3; 95% CI 1.1, 1.5), intermittent explosive disorder (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.1, 2.1), binge eating disorder (OR 2.6; 95% CI 1.7, 4.0) and bulimia nervosa (OR 2.1; 95% CI 1.3, 3.4) remained after comorbidity adjustment.

Conclusions/interpretation Depression and impulse control disorders (eating disorders in particular) were significantly associated with diabetes diagnosis after comorbidity adjustment. These findings support the focus on depression as having a role in diabetes onset, but suggest that this focus may be extended towards impulse control disorders. Acknowledging the comorbidity of mental disorders is important in determining the associations between mental disorders and subsequent diabetes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)699-709
Number of pages11
JournalDiabetologia
Volume57
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr-2014

Keywords

  • Comorbidity
  • Depression
  • Epidemiology
  • Impulse control disorders
  • Mental disorders
  • HEALTH SURVEYS
  • RISK-FACTOR
  • EATING-DISORDERS
  • TYPE-2
  • METAANALYSIS
  • PREVALENCE
  • EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • MORTALITY
  • ONSET
  • SCHIZOPHRENIA

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