Objective: To determine the prevalence of current depressive symptoms in people with diabetes mellitus and their association with the disease.
Methods: Data were collected from the Brazilian National Health Survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde - PNS), a cross-sectional, population-based study conducted in 2013. Study participants were selected by simple random cluster sampling in three stages: census tracts, households, and residents aged ≥ 18 years.