Nawaf Abdulaziz Almudiheem
General Directory, Prison Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Publications
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Research Article
NON-ADHERENCE TO DIABETES MEDICATION WITH RECURRING DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS AND SUBSEQUENT DEPRESSION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Author(s): Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Abukanna*, Ahmed Hamad Ahmed Sulaiman, Mathayil Nazal Alruwaili, Ashwaq Ibrahim H Alanazi, Hala Abdullah Alanazi, Miad Daham R Alanazi, Nawaf Abdulaziz Almudiheem, Maram Saleh AL Ruwaili, Sarah Abdulqader Albalawi, Kholoud Ali Althobaiti, Amal Saeed Alzaidi and Ola Mayouf Alsufyani
Objectives: To systematically evaluate and synthesize existing evidence on the association between depression and the risk of readmission or recurrence of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Methods: A comprehensive search across four databases identified 311 publications. Duplicates were removed using Rayyan QCRI, and relevance screening reduced the selection to 40 full-text articles. After further review, five studies met the inclusion criteria. Results: Five studies involving 615,502 participants were analyzed, with females making up 48.7% of the population. Two studies reported depression prevalence among patients with DKA, showing rates of 12.3% and 46.3%. Recurrence rates were notably high, reaching 55.4% and 50%, while readmission rates varied between 4.7% and 12.3%. Studies show a strong connection between depress.. Read More»