Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To examine the association between severity of diabetic peripheral neuropathy and depressive symptoms and investigated the potential mediators of this association.Materials and methods: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was used to assess depressive symptoms in 492 patients (mean age 62 years; 70% male; 72% type 2 diabetic) with diabetic neuropathy diagnosed by the Neuropathy Disability Score (NDS) and the Vibration Perception T...