Psychotherapy intervention to reduce depressive symptoms in patients with diabetic foot syndrome.

Aims: Compared to the population as a whole, patients with diabetes mellitus suffer a significantly higher rate of depressive symptoms, especially when they develop complications. Psychotherapy treatments in diabetes mellitus can lead to improvements in both depressive symptoms and glycaemic control. The objective of this study was to investigate whether depressive symptoms can be reduced by psychotherapy treatment delivered as a joint interdisciplinary service to in-patients with diabetic foot syndrome and comorbid depression.

[Depression, anxiety, quality of life and type D pattern among inpatients suffering from diabetic foot syndrome].

Objective: Compared to the population as a whole patients with diabetes mellitus suffer from a significantly higher rate of depressive symptoms, especially when they develop complications. Little is known about psychological strain in patients suffering from diabetic late complications such as the diabetic foot syndrome. In Germany the diabetic foot syndrome causes about 22,000 amputations every year.